The notification comes after a Florida court authorized, last weekend, that Moraes be notified via email about the lawsuit filed by the platforms in the US.
By Márcio Falcão, Ana Flávia Castro
TV Globo and g1 — Brasília
05/25/2026
(translated)
American lawyer Martin De Luca — responsible for the video platform Rumble and Trump Media & Technology Group — stated this Monday (25) that Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), was notified about the lawsuit filed against him in the United States.
“Today, in compliance with an order from a US federal court, Rumble and Trump Media notified Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court by email,” says the lawyer’s post on X.
The two companies appealed to the US courts to try to block the application of restriction and blocking orders issued by the Brazilian magistrate, arguing that they constitute censorship and violate US constitutional guarantees.
Moraes’ decisions questioned by the US companies targeted US-based accounts belonging to right-wing users. Rumble has been offline in Brazil since February 2025.
Notification via email is a procedure outside the traditional format — which should occur through diplomatic channels — and was adopted after the Federal Court of Florida authorized the procedure.
The decision, signed last Friday (22), responded to requests from the platforms. They argued that the diplomatic model is stalled in Brazil. In practice, sending the document by email unlocks the progress of the process in the United States.
Lawsuit against Moraes
Since opening the lawsuit in the US, Rumble and the media group of US President Donald Trump claim that they are seeking the formal summons of Alexandre de Moraes through the Hague Convention, an international agreement that regulates legal cooperation between countries.
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However, the companies’ lawyers argued to the Florida Court that measures taken by the Brazilian justice system and bodies have stalled the progress of the case.
The Florida Court then authorized the summons of Moraes via institutional emails from the STF (Supreme Federal Court). With the authorization, the companies had 30 days to prove that they had sent the electronic notifications to the Brazilian minister.
If Moraes does not respond to the summons within the legal timeframe or does not request an extension, the plaintiffs may request a default judgment in the US court.
TV Globo contacted the office of the Supreme Court minister, who has not yet commented on the decision of the Florida Federal Court.
The Supreme Court has stated that all of Moraes’ decisions are based on Brazilian jurisprudence regarding freedom of expression.
