Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to open an investigation into Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged corruption and ties to Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro, who is accused of leading a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme. de Moraes rose to prominence by leading investigations that resulted in the convictions of ​former President Jair Bolsonaro and several allies last year for plotting a coup to reverse 2022 election ​results. Justice Flavio Dino requested up to 90 days to review the matter, and the court had not yet reached the merits of whether Moraes should be investigated.

The allegations include leaked messages between Vorcaro and Moraes and a $24 million consulting contract between Banco Master and a law firm owned by Moraes’s wife. Moraes says the records were illegally obtained and do not establish wrongdoing. The dispute has intensified a broader conflict among Supreme Court justices, including Moraes and fellow justice Andre Mendonça, who released the police material and has faced accusations from Moraes of abusing his authority.

The case is unfolding weeks before Brazil’s October presidential election, in which opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the former president, is likewise under investigation over alleged corruption and money laundering tied to Banco Master, though he denies wrongdoing.

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