Overview

• PGR accuses the pair of trying in the United States to pressure the Trump government to retaliate against Brazil and judiciary officials after Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction to 27 years and 3 months.
• Alexandre de Moraes said Eduardo Bolsonaro remains abroad to avoid the application of the law and authorized service by public notice after failed attempts to locate him at Brasília addresses.
• The minister ordered a letter rogatory to notify Paulo Figueiredo, who has lived in the United States for about a decade.
• The order, signed on September 27 and publicized on September 29, also split the case so the complaint against each accused proceeds separately.
• After notification, each has 15 days to present a preliminary defense, after which the file goes to the STF’s First Panel—comprising Moraes, Cármen Lúcia, Cristiano Zanin, Luiz Fux, and Flávio Dino—which will decide on receiving the complaint; if later convicted, the crime of coercion in the course of a process carries one to four years in prison and a fine.