Overview

• President Lula now must nominate a replacement, with AGU chief Jorge Messias reported as the leading option over Rodrigo Pacheco and Bruno Dantas amid Senate approval calculations.
• The nominee will inherit more than 900 cases from Barroso’s docket, including Lava Jato matters and the ADPF das Favelas, influencing the court’s workload and the Second Turma balance.
• The Federal Police formally asked relator Cristiano Zanin to expand an STJ probe, citing evidence that the company Fource and partners Haroldo Augusto Filho and Valdoir Slapak coordinated alleged sale of decisions.
• PF materials include cloud-extracted messages and financial records pointing to R$ 4 million in transfers to a firm in the name of an STJ server’s wife as draft rulings were allegedly shared.
• Justice Luiz Fux halted a virtual ruling by requesting a view in Sérgio Moro’s appeal, pausing a 4–0 majority to reject it, while Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended his own removal of defense counsel and the teams for Filipe Martins and Marcelo Câmara filed final arguments within the new deadline.