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Brazil Prosecutor Wants Fake News Probe Shut

Summary by The Rio Times
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet asked Brazil's Supreme Court to shelve the 2019 fake news inquiry, and Chief Justice Edson Fachin now has the decision.

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The Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) defended on Monday (9) the filing of the investigation of fake news, opened since 2019 to ascertain threats and attacks against members of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The document was sent to Edson Fachin, president of the STF, who has already indicated that he will close the investigation. As the Value showed at the end of last month, Fachin indicated that he will close the investigation shortly. …

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The president of the STF took charge of the investigation in September, initially reported by Alexandre de Moraes

·São Paulo, Brazil
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In a statement at the plenary session on Tuesday (10), Senator Esperidião Amin (PP-SC) commented on the closure of Inquiry 4,781 of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), known as the Fake News Inquiry. The decision was announced by the president of the STF, Minister Edson Fachin, on Monday night (9). Amin questioned the conduct of the procedure, which lasted seven years and eight months, according to him without clear delimitation of object and witho…

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Fachin's order occurred after favorable manifestation of the PGR, which pointed out the exhaustion of the original object of the clearance.

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President responded to the request of the Attorney General of the Republic The President of the Federal Supreme Court, Minister Edson Fachin, determined on Monday (9) the final filing of the so-called Fake News investigation. Fachin responded to a request made by the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR). For the PGR, the investigation has already fulfilled the objective [...] The post STF: Minister Fachin archives Fake News investigation appea…

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ucho.info broke the news on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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