Federal Police Arrest Ex-Bolsonaro Aide Filipe Martins After Court Says He Broke Social-Media Ban

Overview

• Agents detained Martins at his home in Ponta Grossa on Friday under an order from Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes and transferred him to a local prison.
• Moraes ruled that accessing LinkedIn violated a ban on social-media use, while Martins’ lawyers said they—not their client—entered the account to gather defense material without posting.
• The minister had given the defense 24 hours to explain the access and, deeming the justification implausible, signed the decision on Dec. 31 substituting house arrest for preventive custody.
• The restrictions bar use of platforms by the defendant or by third parties, and Moraes wrote that any access showed disregard for court orders and the legal system.
• Martins was convicted on Dec. 16 by the STF’s 1st Chamber to roughly 21 years as part of the group accused of operationalizing an attempted coup, though appeals remain pending and this custody is not the start of sentence service.