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Brazilian President Michel Temer Faces New Corruption Charges

HeadlineSep 15, 2017

In Brazil, prosecutors brought fresh corruption charges against President Michel Temer and six associates Thursday, accusing them of pocketing nearly $200 million in bribes and covering up their crimes. The charges will force a vote in Brazil’s lower house of Congress on whether to put the president on trial at the Supreme Court. Temer survived a similar vote in August, even though a secretly recorded tape captured him approving hush-money payoffs for a powerful politician jailed on corruption charges.

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