New charges loom for Brazil's suspended speaker Eduardo Cunha

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

New charges loom for Brazil's suspended speaker Eduardo Cunha

23 June 2016 Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil's supreme court has accepted more charges of corruption against the suspended leader of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha.

He is being charged with money laundering and illegal currency-dealing related to a huge kickback scheme being investigated at the state oil company, Petrobras.

He has denied any wrongdoing.

Mr Cunha is widely regarded as the architect of the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff.

The supreme court judge overseeing the case, Teori Zavascki, said in the ruling, "There is concrete evidence that Congressman Eduardo Cunha received (illicit) funds."

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[Judi Lynn]

1. An excellent DU'er said as much the other day, now it apppears in the article:

Ms Rousseff and her supporters say it was her government's decision not to give in to Mr Cunha's demands, specifically over the ethics committee investigation, that triggered his subsequent move to begin impeachment proceedings.

Looks as if Dilma most certainly did have Cunha's number, for sure.

Thank you for the information.