Fachin Takes the Mendonca Case Away From the Moraes Inquiry
Brazil's chief justice has pulled the Mendonca case out of the fake news inquiry run by Alexandre de Moraes, and will handle it from his own office instead. The post Fachin Takes the Mendonca Case Away From the Moraes Inquiry appeared first on The Rio Times .
Chief Justice Edson Fachin removed the request to investigate Justice André Mendonça from the Mendonça case's inquiry, transferring it to a separate petition handled by the court presidency. Fachin, who runs the inquiry, did not decide whether an investigation would proceed. This procedural change marks a first major check on Alexandre de Moraes in months, as the case had been entirely under Moraes' control until now.
The fake news inquiry has been a tool for Moraes to investigate fellow justices, creating an inherent conflict of interest. The decision allows the case to move at the pace of the presidency, rather than the inquiry, giving the prosecutor general and Justice Mendonça a chance to provide written positions before the full court of eleven justices can decide on opening an investigation.
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