On October 10, Brazil's Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes approved the closure of an investigation involving Elon Musk, the owner and CEO of the social media platform X. The inquiry, initiated in April 2024, centered on allegations that Musk obstructed justice and incited criminal behavior in relation to Brazilian judicial authorities. These accusations were serious, as they involved claims of Musk's intentional wrongdoing, particularly after he publicly criticized Moraes's rulings regarding investigations.

The prosecutor general, Paulo Gonet, concluded that the evidence presented during the investigation did not support the notion that Musk or the platform X acted with deliberate intent to undermine the Brazilian judiciary's authority. Moreover, Gonet described the instances where X might not have complied with Supreme Court decisions as