Brazil plea bargain says interim President Temer sought illegal campaign funds
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:01pm EDT
Brazil plea bargain says interim President Temer sought illegal campaign funds
Brazil's interim President Michel Temer sought campaign contributions stemming from a graft scheme at state oil company Petrobras for his party's 2012 mayoral candidate in Sao Paulo, according to a plea bargain deal by a former Petrobras executive.
The plea deal by Sergio Machado, made public on Wednesday, said the campaign contribution from building firm Queiroz Galvao was made legally but was the result of a political kickback from contracts handed out by Petrobras.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu and Eduardo Simoes; Writing by Daniel Flynn and Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Brad Haynes)
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