🏛️ From bad to worse

The Supreme Court entered a period of profound institutional turmoil, with its internal civil war escalating Thursday from a slow exchange of leaks into open bombardment. Stories landed one after another, at a disorienting pace.

Tuesday belonged to Justice André Mendonça. He unsealed a police report casting suspicion on his colleague Alexandre de Moraes, Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet, and Federal Police Chief Andrei Rodrigues over their ties, of varying closeness, to Daniel Vorcaro. The disgraced former banker owned Banco Master, a fraud-laden lender whose business model rested on improper relationships with politicians, judges, and journalists.

Thursday put Mendonça on the ropes, and the avalanche hit much of his political camp. Among the most damaging revelations published on Thursday alone: …

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