US Sanctions Brazil Supreme Court Judge Over Bolsonaro Case

Alexandre de MoraesPhotographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg

The US imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, escalating its targeting of the judge overseeing legal probes into whether former President Jair Bolsonaro attempted a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

The sanctions are under the Global Magnitsky Designation, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Wednesday.