Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders Preventive Arrest of Bolsonaro Ex-Aide Filipe Martins Over LinkedIn Breach

Overview

• Federal Police detained Filipe Martins at his home in Ponta Grossa after Minister Alexandre de Moraes revoked his house arrest and issued a preventive custody order.
• Moraes cited activity on LinkedIn as a violation of a prohibition on social networks, writing that even defense-controlled access breached the measure.
• Martins’ lawyers deny any wrongdoing, say they manage his accounts solely for legal purposes, and characterize the detention as political persecution.
• The minister had given the defense 24 hours to explain the reported access before issuing the decision, which was signed on December 31.
• Martins was sentenced by the Supreme Court’s 1st Panel to 21 years for the 2022 coup plot, but the new detention is preventive and his appeals are still pending.