The US removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list after initially adding him over his role in leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro De Moraes’ wife and the Lex Institute, which she leads, were also taken off the list, according to documents from the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. The Treasury Department did not immediately return a message seeking comment on why de Moraes had been taken off the list.The Trump administration had sanctioned the judge in July, accusing him of using his position to authorize arbitrary pretrial detentions and suppress freedom of expression in Brazil. Bolsonaro was accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power despite his 2022 election defeat to current President Luiz Inácio Lula.
