Moraes Gives Filipe Martins 24 Hours to Explain Alleged LinkedIn Use Under Social-Media Ban

Overview

• Justice Alexandre de Moraes cited a case-file notice (eDoc 1,697) reporting that Martins searched third-party profiles on LinkedIn on December 29.
• Moraes set a 24-hour deadline for the defense to clarify the report, warning that failure to justify it could lead to preventive detention under Article 312 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
• Martins remains on house arrest with an ankle monitor, a ban on using social networks directly or through others, passport surrender, and restrictions on contacts with co-defendants.
• The measures were justified by recent flight risks linked to co-defendants, including Alexandre Ramagem’s departure to the United States and Silvinei Vasques’s attempt to leave for Paraguay.
• As of publication, the defense had not responded to the court’s demand; Martins was recently convicted by the STF’s First Panel to about 21 years for crimes tied to the 2022 election plot.