Mendonça requests investigation of Moraes for abuse of authority and malicious denunciation
Minister contested the use of the fake news inquiry in a response directed to Fachin. Read more at Gazeta do Povo.
TL;DR
- Justice André Mendonça has filed a request for an investigation into Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
- The accusations against Moraes include abuse of authority and malicious denunciation.
- Mendonça alleges Moraes improperly used the 'fake news inquiry' to investigate his conduct.
- The request details specific laws concerning abuse of authority and malicious denunciation.
- The dispute is part of an ongoing conflict between the two Supreme Court justices.
- Mendonça denies accusations made by Moraes regarding personal and political motives in investigations.
- Mendonça criticizes Moraes's use of the fake news inquiry, calling it 'virulent and histrionic'.
- Mendonça questions the validity and process of reports used by Moraes against him.
- Mendonça seeks access to the full fake news inquiry, noting its seven-year duration.
- Mendonça requests that the creation of intelligence reports analyzing justices' conduct be prohibited.