Misleading: It is misleading YouTube video that uses an old recording to say that Senator Alessandro Vieira (PSDB-SE) has recently requested the impeachment of two ministers of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The video is from 2019. The impeachment request actually took place, but it was shelved by the Senate.
Investigated Content🇧🇷 Video posted on YouTube with an excerpt from a press conference. In the recording, Senator Alessandro Vieira (PSDB-SE), accompanied by Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), talks about the presentation of an impeachment request against two STF ministers, Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli. The motivation would be the investigation into attacks on the STF, from the beginning of 2019, through which ministers even removed from the air reports with quotes about the then president of the Court, who was Toffoli.
where it was published: YouTube.
Completion of Proof: It is not true that Senator Alessandro Vieira (PSDB-SE) has recently presented a request for the impeachment of STF ministers Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli, as suggested by a piece of disinformation published on YouTube. The impeachment request actually took place, but in 2019. The document has already been filed by the Senate.
The misleading video is from a press conference given by Vieira and also by Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP) on April 16, 2019. Comparing excerpts and searching for terms said by Vieira in the video, Comprova found images from the same press conference on the website. of the Federal Senate.
Impeachment requests from STF ministers have become commonplace in recent years. In a quick search on the Federal Senate website, Comprova found more than 30 petitions made between 2019 and 2021. The requests are made both by ordinary citizens and by state, federal deputies and also senators. up to one request made by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is in the database, but it was rejected, as were most of the other requests found.
misleading, for Comprova, is content taken from the original context and used in another so that its meaning undergoes changes; that uses inaccurate data or that leads to an interpretation different from the author’s intention; content that confuses, with or without the deliberate intent to cause harm.
Scope of publication: The piece of disinformation had, as of November 7, 371,000 views, 3,981 comments and 22,000 likes.
What does the publisher say?: Comprova was unable to contact the Caminhões em Foco channel, which published the video on YouTube.
How do we check: After watching the video, Comprova searched for excerpts from Alessandro Vieira’s speeches on the internet and found another clipping from the same press conference, published on YouTube by federal Senate🇧🇷 In the statements, Vieira actually comments that a request for impeachment of ministers Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli, at the time president of the Court, would be forwarded to the Senate, which is the competent House to judge requests to impeach the Supreme Court justices.
With the video published on the Senate channel, it was possible to see the original date: April 16, 2019. With that, Comprova looked for articles from the time and found content on sites such as Congress in Focus🇧🇷
Finally, we searched the Federal Senate for impeachment requests filed against STF ministers between 2019 and 2021. request investigated, which is from 2019.
Request was related to “fake news inquiry”
The true context of the video refers to the beginning of 2019. At the time, the STF opened an inquiry to investigate “fraudulent news”, as defined by the then President of the Court, Dias Toffoli. report of G1 at the time, it showed that Toffoli announced the opening of a criminal investigation to investigate offenses and threats that “affect the honor and safety of the Federal Supreme Court, its members and family members”. The investigation became known as the “fake news inquiry”.
according to the website Congress in Focus, Senator Alessandro Vieira saw abuse of power by the ministers and an attempt to intimidate and persecute critics of the Supreme Court with the inquiry. The case was opened by Toffoli, but was reported by Alexandre de Moraes, chosen by his colleague for the role.
Another controversy at the time was the decision, at the request of Toffoli, to suspend a report by the vehicles O Antagonista and Crusoé about Operation Car Wash that mentioned the name of the president of the STF. Toffoli was identified as “the friend of my father’s friend” in Marcelo Odebrecht’s accusation. After great negative repercussion of the suspension, the two ministers withdrew from the decision.
Senator also tried to open Lava Toga CPI
At least three times, Senator Alessandro Vieira tried to collect signatures for the opening of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate the members of the STF. Even though it did not exist, the CPI was named Lava Toga, an allusion to Operation Lava Jato. To be installed, a commission needs the approval of one third of the total number of members of the Chamber. In the Senate, there are at least 27 of the 81 senators.
There were at least two attempts by Vieira to establish Lava Toga. O first request was shelved by the then president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), who defended not having approval of the Constitution to investigate the STF🇧🇷 The second lost signatures shortly before being registered, with the departure of senators Maria do Carmo (DEM-SE) and Elmano Férrer (Podemos-PI). After that, Vieira continued, unsuccessfully, to search for the 27th signature needed to file the new CPI request.
In January 2021, as shown by the wow, Davi Alcolumbre rejected all impeachment requests against STF ministers presented in the House and which were still awaiting a decision from the President of the Senate. He also rejected two requests against the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, in addition to others that were still awaiting analysis with citations to former attorneys general Rodrigo Janot and Raquel Dodge.
According to the report, in all, 38 petitions were rejected, each of which may refer to one or more authorities. Of this total, 35 contained requests against Supreme Court ministers. The champion of mentions was Minister Alexandre de Moraes – the target of 17 impeachment requests. There are petitions in which he is not the only object of the action. Then appeared Dias Toffoli (9 mentions), Gilmar Mendes (6), Marco Aurélio (5), Rosa Weber, Edson Fachin and Celso de Mello (4 each), Ricardo Lewandowski and Luís Roberto Barroso (3 each), Carmen Lúcia and Luiz Fux (2 each).
why do we investigate: Comprova investigates suspicious content that goes viral on social media about the pandemic, public policies of the federal government and presidential elections. At the present time, content that contains disinformation about STF ministers can generate distrust in people about the Judiciary and, consequently, threaten democracy.
Other checks on the topic: In relation to the STF and other higher courts, Comprova has already shown itself to be false arrest warrant in flagrante delicto against STF minister Alexandre de Moraes after the electionsthat retention of a parliamentarian’s profile on Twitter follows platform guidelines and legal requirements and that one Video of Minister Luís Roberto Barroso from 2021 was edited to say he is against PT🇧🇷
Investigated by: GaúchaZH; Verified by: Plural Curitiba, Metrópoles, NSC Comunicação, Imirante.com, Estado de S.Paulo, Uol, A Gazeta, Folha de S.Paulo, SBT, SBT News and Estado de Minas
Source: CNN Brasil
