Corruption charges filed against Brazilian President Temer

Brazil's Public Ministry said the attorney general has charged President Michel Temer with corruption after an investigation revealed hefty bribe payments.


Attorney General Rodrigo Janot on Monday filed a complaint to the Supreme Federal Court in which he accused Temer and his federal deputy Rodrigo Rocha Loures of passive corruption for receiving about $150,000 in bribes from Joesley Batista, a food company business leader.

Janot seeks damages of about $3 million from Temer and about $600,000 from Rocha Loures, as well as their dismissal from public service. Janot said bribe payments Temer and Rocha Loures received within a nine-month period could reach up to $11 million...
 [upi.com]
27/6/17