Recent revelations of messages and a major contract involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes and a figure in the Banco Master fraud probe triggered dozens of Senate impeachment petitions, media editorials urging his exit, and an internal Supreme Court clash with Justice André Mendonça. Chief Justice Edson Fachin responded by removing Moraes from the long-running fake news inquiry, halting conflicting orders, and postponing any plenary decision on opening a formal probe into him—potentially until after the October presidential election. Senate leadership has declined to advance the filings, while STF tenure rules and the high vote threshold for removal create significant procedural barriers. Traders see these institutional safeguards and the absence of decisive action as sustaining Moraes’ position through year-end.