The Briefing
- Right-wing rallies drew an estimated 28,500 to 34,200 people to São Paulo's Avenida Paulista on Sept. 7, Brazil's Independence Day, with organizers demanding Justice Alexandre de Moraes' removal from the Supreme Court.
- At the center of the crisis is a roughly $25 million legal contract between a bank tied to jailed financier Daniel Vorcaro and the law firm of Moraes' wife, which file metadata ties to an edit made under the justice's own name.
- One day after the rallies, fellow Justice André Mendonça suspended Brazil's federal police director and its intelligence chief, accusing them of producing unauthorized reports on sitting justices — a move President Lula's government is now fighting in court.
- Supreme Court President Luiz Edson Fachin has given Moraes, Mendonça, the federal prosecutor general and the ousted police chief until Friday, Sept. 11, to explain themselves before he decides whether the full 11-justice bench will take up the case.
