Moraes Orders GSI to Report on Bolsonaro Security Team

Overview

• Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes signed a dispatch on November 12 that gives the Presidential Institutional Security Office five days to update the court on the composition and organization of Jair Bolsonaro’s security team.
• The order follows a petition from Army reservist Sérgio Rocha Cordeiro asking to be authorized to return to Bolsonaro’s residence and offering strict conditions such as fixed hours, inspections, no cellphone use, and a ban on political conversation.
• Moraes rejected earlier requests in September to include Cordeiro and Max Guilherme Machado de Moura in the residence routine and has kept third‑party access to the home tightly limited while Bolsonaro serves a 27‑year, 3‑month sentence under humanitarian house arrest.
• Both former aides were investigated and briefly held in 2023 over alleged falsified COVID‑19 vaccination cards, and the Federal Public Ministry asked in June 2026 to archive those probes for lack of evidence.
• The GSI’s response by the court deadline (November 17) will shape whether Moraes reconsiders access, could allow temporary 90‑day permissions, and may affect how the STF balances statutory staff rights for ex‑presidents with security and sentence‑execution rules.