A Brazilian judge on Thursday decided to hold off on indicting American journalist Glenn Greenwald on charges that he committed cyber crimes related to his reporting on top Brazilian officials.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0The Intercept<\/a>, where Greenwald is a co-founding editor, Brazilian Judge Ricardo Augusto Soares Leite ruled that proceedings would not move forward “for now” against Greenwald due to a previous ruling by the country’s Supreme Court that anti-corruption reporting by the outlet had not violated any laws.<\/p>\n However, Leite noted that if the previous ruling had not occurred, the case against Greenwald would have moved forward.<\/p>\n Leite did rule that proceedings would go forward against six individuals accused of directly hacking the phones of Brazilian officials, according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greenwald was charged with cyber crimes by Brazilian prosecutors\u00a0in January<\/a>\u00a0after the publication of articles based on leaked phone calls involving Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro. These articles were part of The Intercept’s series on “Operation Car Wash,” a federal police investigation that charged high-profile companies and top officials with misconduct.<\/p>\n