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STF First Chamber Indicts Ex-TSE Aide Tagliaferro, Opens Review of Case Against Eduardo Bolsonaro

The unanimous decision pushes the leak case into the instruction phase.

Moraes destaca combate ao crime organizado pela PGR e afirma que recondução de Gonet à PGR “engrandece toda a sociedade brasileira”.
MESSIAS BRASÍLIA DF 22.10.2025 MESSIAS/IDP POLÍTICA - O ministro da Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU), Jorge Messias, participa do painel sobre controle de constitucionalidade no Congresso Internacional de Direito Constitucional, do Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP). FOTO: WILTON JUNIOR/ ESTADÃO
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Overview

  • All four justices of the First Chamber voted in the virtual plenary to receive the PGR’s complaint against Eduardo Tagliaferro, making him a defendant and moving the case to evidence gathering, interrogations and witness hearings.
  • Tagliaferro is accused of violating official secrecy, coercion in the course of proceedings, obstruction of an investigation involving a criminal organization, and attempted abolition of the democratic rule of law, with combined penalties reported by outlets of up to 22 years.
  • Investigations cited by the justices and the PGR mention leaks of confidential TSE and STF communications to the press, a phone swap to conceal contacts, and public threats to release more data, including an online fundraising drive to take the disclosures abroad.
  • Tagliaferro is in Italy under precautionary measures after his passport was retained, Brazil has requested extradition, and an Italian hearing on the request was set for December 17.
  • In a related proceeding, the First Chamber began a virtual review of the PGR’s complaint that Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro engaged in coercion from the United States to pressure Brazilian authorities, with the DPU appointed to represent him and a decision expected by the end of the voting period.