The Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) denied, this Tuesday (4), a request from the United States government for the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes to be summoned to defend himself in an action in the country.
The lawsuit in question was filed by the Rumble platform and Trump Media. The letter rogatory was placed in secrecy by the STJ and, during the session, the ministers only announced the judgment and denied a request for oral argument from the Attorney General’s Office (AGU), explaining that there is no legal provision for defenses to speak in letters rogatory.
The action in the American court accuses Moraes of censorship by ordering the removal of content published on Rumble. With this, the company asks that all of the minister’s determinations be disregarded in the United States.
At the STJ, the letter rogatory began to be processed in August 2025. The instrument depends not only on the legal issue, but on cooperation agreements between the countries. With this, there is the possibility of denials, unlike the letter of precatory, which occurs between different courts in the same country.
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Moraes’ decisions involving Rumble cost him a sanction through the Magnitsky Act, which was reversed five months later, after negotiations between the two countries. The minister is accused of exceeding his jurisdiction and targeting American citizens with the blockades.
Minister Isabel Gallotti asked for the action’s menu to be read, but the request was denied by the president of the work, minister Luiz Felipe Salomão. The newspaper State of São Paulo revealed that the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) spoke out against the American government, arguing that it is not possible to punish magistrates for acts carried out in the exercise of their function.
With the denial, the process is heading towards shelving, although there is the possibility of an appeal by the United States government.
