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Brazil prosecutor asks Supreme Court to investigate Lula
Source: Reuters
World | Tue May 3, 2016 7:14pm EDT
Brazil prosecutor asks Supreme Court to investigate Lula
Brazil's prosecutor-general asked the Supreme Court to investigate former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the court said on Tuesday, as a senator's testimony opened new fronts in a massive corruption case.
Rodrigo Janot also asked for several of President Dilma Rousseff's ministers to be investigated, including Chief of Staff Jaques Wagner, the minister in charge of legislative affairs Ricardo Berzoini, and her spokesman Edinho Silva.
Janot on Monday requested an investigation of opposition Senator Aecio Neves, also based on testimony from Senator Delcidio do Amaral. Amaral was the government's former leader in the senate and decided to collaborate with the investigation after he was arrested last year.
Janot's recent requests, which come on top of already existing investigations into Lula and other officials, have added to growing uproar over just how many senior politicians are implicated in a graft scheme involving kickbacks from state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
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Brazil prosecutor asks Supreme Court to investigate Lula
Brazil's prosecutor-general asked the Supreme Court to investigate former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the court said on Tuesday, as a senator's testimony opened new fronts in a massive corruption case.
Rodrigo Janot also asked for several of President Dilma Rousseff's ministers to be investigated, including Chief of Staff Jaques Wagner, the minister in charge of legislative affairs Ricardo Berzoini, and her spokesman Edinho Silva.
Janot on Monday requested an investigation of opposition Senator Aecio Neves, also based on testimony from Senator Delcidio do Amaral. Amaral was the government's former leader in the senate and decided to collaborate with the investigation after he was arrested last year.
Janot's recent requests, which come on top of already existing investigations into Lula and other officials, have added to growing uproar over just how many senior politicians are implicated in a graft scheme involving kickbacks from state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN0XU2FW
