Moraes has ordered numerous social media accounts be suspended in Brazil for spreading what he deems hate speech, at one point temporarily halting the entire X platform — which is owned by Elon Musk, one of the president’s most powerful advisers. He has been fiercely critical of tech companies more broadly.

The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.

Trump Media and its fellow conservative-oriented social media company Rumble sued a Brazil Supreme Court justice who clashed with Elon Musk last year over Musk's own social media firm, X. The lawsuit accuses Justice Alexandre de Moraes of allegedly illegal attempts to censor a "well-known politically outspoken user" of Rumble.

Lawsuit comes as former President Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup to overturn election loss in 2022 - Anadolu Ajansı

Legal action against Justice de Moraes coincides with an indictment of former Brazilian president for alleged 2022 election plot.

Trump Media's lawsuit, filed in the US District Court in Tampa, alleged that the judge's previous orders 'censor legitimate political discourse in the United States'

The companies said Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s gag orders to ban accounts violated U.S. sovereignty and its free-speech protections.

Once criticized by Elon Musk, the Brazilian justice will also consider whether to arrest Brazil’s former president.