Brazil Supreme Court Kills Probe That Threatened Its Own Justices

2026-03-27 - 09:40

Key Points — Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 8-2 to shut down the congressional investigation into billions in INSS pension fraud, overruling Justice André Mendonça’s order to extend the probe by 60 days — The majority ruled that extending a congressional inquiry is a prerogative of the legislature, not the judiciary — but the investigation had