Overview

• Fachin was sworn in on September 29 for the 2025–2027 term in a pared‑back ceremony, with Moraes taking the vice‑presidency.
• He told colleagues he will set the plenary docket collectively with weekly meetings and a focus on decisions in open session.
• His initial agenda brings cases on possible employment ties for app drivers to the plenary, while remaining Lava Jato cases move to Barroso.
• The court advances into the decisive phase of prosecutions tied to the 2022 attempt to subvert the election, with Bolsonaro already convicted and further nuclei slated for judgment starting in October.
• External pressure persists from U.S. visa and Magnitsky‑style actions and from congressional moves on shielding or amnesty, as Barroso considers but has not decided on early retirement.