Moraes concentrates 96.9% of criminal actions in STF

The minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), concentrates most of the investigations and criminal actions in process in the Court, even after the closure of the investigation of the fake news. Recent survey shows that Moraes accounts for 96.9% of criminal actions without final decision, that is, 222 of the 229 cases are in his hands.

The concentration is also repeated in the stage of criminal execution, when the procedures related to the enforcement of convictions are followed. In this stage, Moraes accounts for 212 of the 215 ongoing cases, the equivalent of 98.6% of the total.

Minister concentrates almost all criminal actions

Of the 229 criminal cases without final decision in the STF, only seven are not under the responsibility of Alexandre de Moraes. Minister Carmen Lúcia appears in second place, with three criminal actions, followed by Nunes Marques, with two.

The distribution of surveys is a little less concentrated. Of the 57 investigative procedures in progress, 17 are under Moraes’s report. André Mendonça followed with seven surveys, while Cristiano Zanin ranked third with five.

Criminal executions also remain with Moraes

In the stage of criminal enforcement, the rapporteur monitors issues related to the enforcement of judicial decisions, such as conditions of imprisonment, requests for benefits and possible changes in the regime of enforcement of sentences. Moraes is responsible for 212 of the 215 cases at this stage.

Among the cases of criminal executions accompanied by the minister is that of the former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for involvement in the attempted coup d’état.

Most shares were opened in 2026

The survey also indicates that a significant portion of the criminal actions under Moraes’ responsibility were opened this year. Of the 222 actions reported by the minister, 97 began in 2026, equivalent to 43.7% of the total.

Another 45 shares were opened in 2023, 42 in 2024 and 38 in 2025. The numbers consider only the processes without final decision and do not include already judged actions that remain in the Supreme Court’s collection.

The fake news investigation has been closed.

The investigation of fake news was instituted in March 2019, by determination of the then president of STF, Dias Toffoli, who appointed Alexandre de Moraes as rapporteur. The investigation was opened to ascertain the dissemination of false news, threats and attacks against ministers and institutions of the Supreme Court.

Over the years, the procedure has come to bring together different fronts of investigation and has given rise to unfoldings related to anti-democratic acts, attacks on institutions and the episode of January 8, 2023.

The closure was determined by Edson Fachin after a demonstration by the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which defended the archival because it considered that there was no justification for the indefinite maintenance of the investigation.

In the decision, Fachin stated that an investigation cannot remain open indefinitely to ascertain future events or permanently incorporate new objects. The Minister also ordered that the derived procedures be examined individually.

With the closure of the investigation, the expectation is that the derived processes will be redistributed or archived, but the concentration of cases with Moraes still attracts the attention of experts and public opinion.

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