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A journalist for 20 years, she has worked in the country's main newsrooms, such as Correio Braziliense, Jornal de Brasília, TV Band, TV Justiça, Record TV, and CNN. Two years ago, she began working in political consulting and specialized as a consultant in institutional and governmental relations.

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Dino mocks Trump and states that sanctions from foreign countries will not intimidate the Supreme Court.

The minister's statement refers to the Magnitsky Act, applied by the United States to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, the rapporteur of the case.

Minister Flávio Dino (Photo: Gustavo Moreno/STF)

In concluding his vote in the trial concerning the coup plot, Minister Flavio Dino stated that the Supreme Federal Court will not bow to threats or sanctions imposed by foreign countries. The minister's statement is a reference to the Magnitsky Act, applied by the United States to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, the rapporteur of the case.

"Do people really believe that a tweet from a foreign government official is going to change the Supreme Court's ruling? Does anyone imagine that a credit card or Mickey Mouse is going to change the Supreme Court's ruling?" he quipped.

Finally, Dino clarified that the Supreme Court is fulfilling its role of upholding the law and not engaging in judicial activism, as some are trying to claim. "This is not judicial activism, it is not tyranny, it is not a dictatorship. On the contrary, it is the affirmation of the Democracy that Brazil has built," he concluded.

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.

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