The U.S. has removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list. Initially sanctioned by the Trump administration in July for leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, de Moraes, his wife, and the Lex Institute have all been removed from the list, as confirmed by documents from the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. The reason behind his removal from the list was not immediately disclosed by the Treasury Department. De Moraes was accused of authorizing arbitrary pretrial detentions and stifling freedom of expression in Brazil. The Trump administration had invoked the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction de Moraes, a move the justice deemed as ‘illegal and regrettable.’ Bolsonaro, on the other hand, was convicted of attempting to remain in power despite losing the 2022 election to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, facing similar allegations to those brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump following the Capitol attack in 2021. Bolsonaro received a prison sentence of over 27 years and was taken into custody last month. In addition to the sanctions on de Moraes, the Trump administration had imposed a 40% tariff on Brazilian goods, citing the country’s policies and prosecution of Bolsonaro as justifications for the economic measures. However, last month, Trump revoked the additional import tariffs on certain agricultural products. The removal of de Moraes and the tariffs signals a shift in U.S.-Brazil relations.