Inside Brazil's Judicial Civil War: Three Supreme Court Justices Overrule Each Other Over Federal Police Chief

(L to R) Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) ministers Alexandre de Moraes, Jose Antonio Dias Toffoli, Gilmar Mendes; Brazil's Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet Branco; Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Speaker Hugo Motta; Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; and Brazil's Chief Justice Edson Fachin attend the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Brasilia on February 2, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP via Getty Images)

Three Supreme Court justices overruled each other on who leads Brazil's Federal Police, forcing Chief Justice Edson Fachin to freeze the fight — just as a newly unsealed contract deepens the scandal tying Justice Alexandre de Moraes' family to the collapsed Banco Master.

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