Justice Moraes Recuses Himself From Banco Master Inquiry Into His Own Conduct

STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes recused himself from the inquiry examining his own contacts with jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, citing the procedural rule barring a judge from a case in which a spouse is a party. The recusal followed the September 1 unsealing of a Federal Police report showing Banco Master paid a R$131 million retainer to a law firm run by Moraes's wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes, and disrupted a scheduled Supreme Court vote on opening a formal investigation into Moraes over the Banco Master fraud case — a scandal already reshaping the presidential race between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro.