Mendonça had planned for a month to remove Brazil’s federal police chief, report from Moraes sealed decision
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- Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça had reportedly been considering removing Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues for about a month.
- A report released by Justice Alexandre de Moraes became the trigger that finalized Mendonça’s decision.
André Mendonça had already been weighing the removal of Federal Police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues for about a month.
The situation changed decisively after Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes released a report. That report became the trigger for the crisis between the two justices and sealed Mendonça’s decision.
The account was published by Folha de S.Paulo.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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