Moraes Impeachment Request Filed Over Source Breach

Brazil · Politics Who and when: On 12 August 2026, opposition leader in the Chamber of Deputies Cabo Gilberto Silva (PL-PB) filed an impeachment request against Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The grounds: The request claims Moraes broke the constitutional protection of journalists’ sources when he approved a police search tied to…