Brazil House Committee Recommends Ouster of Top Rousseff Foe
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Brazil’s lower house ethics committee recommended the ouster of Congressman Eduardo Cunha, who was instrumental in leading the impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff.
The committee on Tuesday voted 11-9 in favor of stripping Cunha of his mandate as lower house deputy over accusations he lied about owning a Swiss bank account. The Supreme Court this year opened a criminal case against Cunha on charges of receiving kickbacks, and in May suspended him as the chamber’s speaker. The congressman has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and accuses investigators of singling him out as part of a smear campaign.