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Brazilian politicians worried they could be swept up in the next round of a devastating three-year corruption probe may have to sit tight just a bit longer to find out.
Chief prosecutor Rodrigo Janot may ask the Supreme Court as early as Monday to authorize new inquiries into lawmakers based on secret testimony from executives at construction firm Odebrecht SA. Some of these businessmen have separately been convicted of paying bribes and financing political campaigns illegally.