U.S. stiffens sanctions against judge at center of U.S.-Brazil feud
In targeting Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the case against Bolsonaro and will be on the panel that presides over his trial, the U.S. Treasury Department invoked the Magnitsky Act, which empowers the American government to impose sanctions on foreign nationals accused of corruption and human rights violations.
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