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Overview
- Federal Police executed search warrants at addresses linked to Raimundo Cutrim on Tuesday, August 11, in an operation ordered by Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes.
- Authorities say the action relied on WhatsApp messages and on material seized in a March search of journalist Luís Pablo’s devices that investigators used to trace his sources.
- Major Brazilian press bodies and the International Association of Broadcasting issued sharp public protests arguing the measures violate the Constitution’s protection of source confidentiality and threaten press freedom.
- Right‑wing politicians including Flávio Bolsonaro and deputy Capitão Alberto Neto seized the episode to denounce judicial overreach and to press for support for Moraes’s impeachment.
- The case was routed to Moraes because of similarities flagged with the long‑running inquérito das Fake News, and legal challenges over proportionality and source protection are expected to follow.