Brazilian Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça ordered the removal of Federal Police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues.
According to the decision, the reason was the production of a report used by Alexandre de Moraes, Mendonça’s fellow justice on the court, to request an investigation into him.In the ruling, Mendonça called the material used as the basis for the request to investigate his conduct in the Master case "surreal." Days earlier, he had lifted the confidentiality of conversations between Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro, the bank’s owner, which plunged the Supreme Court into an institutional crisis.
Mendonça says the Federal Police monitored him "illegally and systematically," but the document does not point to surveillance or espionage.
The decision was referred to the Supreme Court’s Second Panel. Gilmar Mendes requested more time to review the case, but Luiz Fux and Nunes Marques cast their votes early, forming a majority in favor of the removal. The Office of the Attorney General asked for the measure to be suspended.
William Murad will take over on an interim basis in place of Andrei Rodrigues. The Federal Police leadership has offered their positions for reassignment.
