Trump SLAPS Foreign Censor with Severe Sanctions, Citing ‘Human Rights Abuse’

July 31st, 2025 12:18 PM

The Trump administration unveiled on Wednesday huge sanctions against a powerful foreign censor, adding him to a list for “perpetrators of serious human rights abuse around the world.”

The Trump-led Treasury Department sanctioned Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, denouncing him for “an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions.” 

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