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STF Sends Case Over Journalist’s Source to Collegial Review

The move compels the Supreme Court to decide when constitutional source secrecy may be pierced for criminal investigations.

“Não confundamos jornalistas investigativos com jornalistas investigados pelas práticas criminosas”, disse Alexandre de Moraes sobre jornalista que publicou reportagens sobre Flávio Dino no Maranhão
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O ministro do STF, Flávio Dino.

Overview

  • The Polícia Federal carried out searches authorized by Minister Alexandre de Moraes that targeted ex‑secretary Raimundo Cutrim after agents traced messages from devices seized in March to Cutrim and flagged a R$100,000 transfer to journalist Luís Pablo.
  • STF President Edson Fachin publicly defended press freedom and on Thursday signaled that Moraes’ monocratic order will be sent to the court’s First Turma or the plenary for collective review to produce binding guidance.
  • Moraes has defended the operation as based on evidence of crimes, saying the probe targets alleged stalking and related offenses and not legitimate journalistic activity; the PF has formally attributed stalking charges to Luís Pablo.
  • On Friday Minister Flávio Dino unsealed decisions that describe a broader Polícia Federal inquiry in Maranhão into alleged corruption, diversion of emendas, obstruction of justice and a 2022 homicide that investigators call an 'ecossistema empresarial criminoso'.
  • Major press associations condemned the raids as a breach of source confidentiality and warned the court’s forthcoming rulings could set a precedent that chills reporters and limits anonymous sourcing in criminal investigations.