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New Brazil graft charge may be tougher for Temer to stop: Maia
Topic Started: Sep 5 2017, 04:37 AM (176 Views)
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#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 / 1:54 PM / 16 HOURS AGO

Eduardo Simões

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer faces a tougher battle to quash an imminent second corruption charge because he has lost support among disgruntled members of his governing coalition in Congress, the country’s lower house speaker said on Monday.

Speaker Rodrigo Maia also said the government does not have the votes to approve an overhaul of the costly pension system, a cornerstone of Temer’s plan to address a record budget deficit.
Reuters
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Brazil prosecutor says new audio threatens Batista leniency deal
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A leniency deal struck between the controlling shareholders of Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA and prosecutors may be partially revoked, threatening witnesses’ immunity but keeping their testimony, the country’s top prosecutor said on Monday.

Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot said at a news conference that billionaire meat tycoon Joesley Batista and a fellow state’s witness seemed to have inadvertently recorded a four-hour conversation discussing crimes not covered in their plea bargain. The audio was submitted to prosecutors on Thursday as an attachment to an unrelated matter, he said.

Joesley Batista and his brother Wesley previously confessed to bribing scores of politicians in plea bargain testimony that allowed them to avoid prosecution. With their help, prosecutors got a recording of President Michel Temer apparently endorsing hush payments to a possible witness in a graft probe.
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Brazilian tycoon arrested after lawyers send prosecutors the wrong tape
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A Brazilian billionaire at the centre of a corruption case involving President Michel Temer has handed himself in to federal police officers in the city of Sao Paulo.
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Mr Batista has denied hiding any evidence from prosecutors

Brazil’s Federal Police Accuse President Temer of Corruption
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Temer and his "criminal organization" are accused of corruption, money laundering and bid rigging.
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Brazilian President Michel Temer | Photo: EFE
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Brazil's top court approves new graft probe of President Temer
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Tuesday authorized an investigation of President Michel Temer for suspected corruption involving a decree regulating ports, adding to graft allegations the president has so far parried with backing from Congress.

The new investigation is based on a wiretapped conversation of a former Temer aide, Rodrigo Rocha Loures, who, according to court documents, discussed shaping the decree in return for bribes channeled from a port operator to the president.


Brazil corruption scandal: President Temer slams judiciary
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Brazil's President Michel Temer has accused his country's judiciary of using allegations of corruption to destroy reputations.

Mr Temer's statement came just hours before a Supreme Court justice authorised a new corruption investigation into the president.
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Michel Temer has the lowest approval ratings of any Brazilian president in decades
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