Brazil Top Court Rejects Bolsonaro’s Case Against Justice Moraes
- Bolsonaro alleged Alexandre de Moraes has abused his authority
- Justice has opened probes that target Bolsonaro and his allies
Alexandre de Moraes
Photographer: Victoria Silva/AFP/Getty Images
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President Jair Bolsonaro’s legal case against a top court justice who has ordered probes into the Brazilian leader and his allies was rejected by another member of the country’s Supreme Court less than 24 hours after it was made public.
Bolsonaro accused Alexandre de Moraes, one of 11 justices on the court, of disrespecting the constitution as well as his basic rights for leading an ongoing investigation into spread of misinformation for an “exaggerated” amount of time and “in the absence of wrongdoing,” according to a statement released by a government congressional leader late Tuesday.