Supreme Federal Court (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes canceled a speech he would make after receiving advice from a colleague on the court. The allied minister argued that Moraes's statement could overshadow a Federal Police operation carried out on Thursday, which investigates the financing of the film Dark Horse, a production that tells the story of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The fellow STF member told Moraes that, even though it was a statement in his own defense, making it on the eve of the plenary session scheduled for next Tuesday could generate even more backlash until the beginning of next week.
On Tuesday, the STF plenary will discuss the validity of the report that showed conversations between banker Daniel Vorcaro and Moraes. In the messages, Vorcaro asks the minister for guidance and asks if he should leave the country two days before being arrested.
The advice received by Moraes was to let the operation on the Dark Horse film take center stage, thus reducing the focus of the media and public opinion on the minister himself. STF President Edson Fachin convened the plenary extraordinarily to deliberate on the matter.
