Electoral Court Keeps Brazil in Suspense on Temer's Fate
- Court ruling whether to annul winning ticket of 2014 election
- Extra sessions now scheduled for Friday and Saturday
Red masks, part of the activist group Rio de Paz's art installation symbolizing Brazil's President Michel Temer and 594 Brazilian lawmakers, stand in Brasilia on May 23, 2017.
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Brazil’s top electoral authorities kept the nation in suspense after adjourning for the second consecutive day a trial that could unseat President Michel Temer.
Prosecutors maintain that former President Dilma Rousseff and her then running mate, Temer, received illegal campaign financing, part of which allegedly came from a corruption scheme involving state-run companies. If a majority of the seven-member court agrees and annuls the winning ticket, Temer could be ousted from office. Both Temer and Rousseff deny wrongdoing.