Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes new corruption probe of Pr
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BRASILIA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Supreme 鍏ㄦ皯鍏暤T鎭?鍜宻upreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso on Tuesday authorized a new investigation into President Michel Temer for suspected corruption. The justice ruled that there is s
<p>BRASILIA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's <a href="http://www.liashop.net/lp/supreme-tee-7015960e/">Supreme 鍏ㄦ皯鍏暤T鎭?/a>鍜宻upreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso on Tuesday authorized a new investigation into President Michel Temer for suspected corruption.</p>
<p>The justice ruled that there is sufficient evidence to investigate whether Temer signed a decree in May 2017 to favor a company operating in a port in exchange for bribes.</p>
<p>The top court also authorized an investigation into Temer's close advisor, Rodrigo Rocha Loures, and two other businessmen on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.</p>
<p>There are no immediate comments from the president on the ruling, but Temer has denied any wrongdoing in the cases raised against him.</p>
<p>The request to open such a process was made by prosecutor-general Rodrigo Janot in June to establish whether Temer acted to benefit Rodrimar, a logistics firm, which won a tender to operate at the important Brazilian port of Santos.</p>
<p>"Nobody should be indifferent to the personal and political responsibility of a public authority, notably the President of the Republic, such as appearing as under investigation in such a procedure," wrote Barroso in his decision.</p>
<p>Barroso was appointed to oversee this investigation after Janot asked it should be given a new rapporteur, not linked to previous investigations under Operation Lava Jato.</p>
<p>Another Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin opened a criminal investigation against Temer in May for corruption, but the Chamber of Deputies voted to drop the charges.</p>
<p>The new case also involves Rocha Loures, who was filmed accepting a briefcase filled with 500,000 reais (160,000 U.S. dollars), which was believed to be a bribe for Temer from meatpacking group JBS.</p>
<p>On Monday, as part of another investigation, the federal police said Temer had received 31 million reais (10 million U.S. dollars) in "illicit advantages" as the leader of a group of senior figures within the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.</p>
<p>BRASILIA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's <a href="http://www.liashop.net/lp/supreme-tee-7015960e/">Supreme 鍏ㄦ皯鍏暤T鎭?/a>鍜宻upreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso on Tuesday authorized a new investigation into President Michel Temer for suspected corruption.</p>
<p>The justice ruled that there is sufficient evidence to investigate whether Temer signed a decree in May 2017 to favor a company operating in a port in exchange for bribes.</p>
<p>The top court also authorized an investigation into Temer's close advisor, Rodrigo Rocha Loures, and two other businessmen on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.</p>
<p>There are no immediate comments from the president on the ruling, but Temer has denied any wrongdoing in the cases raised against him.</p>
<p>The request to open such a process was made by prosecutor-general Rodrigo Janot in June to establish whether Temer acted to benefit Rodrimar, a logistics firm, which won a tender to operate at the important Brazilian port of Santos.</p>
<p>"Nobody should be indifferent to the personal and political responsibility of a public authority, notably the President of the Republic, such as appearing as under investigation in such a procedure," wrote Barroso in his decision.</p>
<p>Barroso was appointed to oversee this investigation after Janot asked it should be given a new rapporteur, not linked to previous investigations under Operation Lava Jato.</p>
<p>Another Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin opened a criminal investigation against Temer in May for corruption, but the Chamber of Deputies voted to drop the charges.</p>
<p>The new case also involves Rocha Loures, who was filmed accepting a briefcase filled with 500,000 reais (160,000 U.S. dollars), which was believed to be a bribe for Temer from meatpacking group JBS.</p>
<p>On Monday, as part of another investigation, the federal police said Temer had received 31 million reais (10 million U.S. dollars) in "illicit advantages" as the leader of a group of senior figures within the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.</p>
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