The United States on Friday removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list, reversing an earlier decision to add him to the list over his role in leading the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

De Moraes’ wife and the Lex Institute, which she oversees, were also taken off the list, according to documents from the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers and enforces US sanctions programmes.

Why was the couple sanctioned?

In July, the Trump administration had sanctioned the judge, accusing him of exploiting his position to authorize arbitrary pretrial detentions and curtail freedom of expression in Brazil.

A senior Trump administration official said the sanctions were removed after the US viewed the passage of a

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