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Brazil justice authorizes probe on Rousseff, TV says
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:06pm EDT
Brazil justice authorizes probe on Rousseff, TV says
By Maria Pia Palermo and Guillermo Parra-Bernal | SAO PAULO
A Brazilian Federal Supreme Court justice has authorized the opening of an investigation into President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for allegedly working to obstruct the course of a sweeping corruption probe, GloboNews news channel said on Tuesday.
According to GloboNews, Justice Teori Zavascki's ruling has given Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot permission to look for additional evidence that Rousseff sought to name Lula to a cabinet post to help him avoid prosecution. In June, Zavascki barred the use of some wiretaps that showed Rousseff and Lula negotiating the cabinet appointment.
The news channel, without saying how it obtained the information, also said Zavascki authorized the opening of separate investigations against Aloizio Mercadante and Jose Eduardo Cardozo, two former Rousseff ministers, for similar allegations.
Press representatives at the STF and the Prosecutor-general's office in Brasilia could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Brazil justice authorizes probe on Rousseff, TV says
By Maria Pia Palermo and Guillermo Parra-Bernal | SAO PAULO
A Brazilian Federal Supreme Court justice has authorized the opening of an investigation into President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for allegedly working to obstruct the course of a sweeping corruption probe, GloboNews news channel said on Tuesday.
According to GloboNews, Justice Teori Zavascki's ruling has given Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot permission to look for additional evidence that Rousseff sought to name Lula to a cabinet post to help him avoid prosecution. In June, Zavascki barred the use of some wiretaps that showed Rousseff and Lula negotiating the cabinet appointment.
The news channel, without saying how it obtained the information, also said Zavascki authorized the opening of separate investigations against Aloizio Mercadante and Jose Eduardo Cardozo, two former Rousseff ministers, for similar allegations.
Press representatives at the STF and the Prosecutor-general's office in Brasilia could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-rousseff-idUSKCN10R2L4