Corruption Charges Against Temer Stall Brazil Reform Drive
- Prosecutor’s case based on secret recording of Michel Temer
- Two-thirds of Congress need to back charges for a trial
Brazil's President Temer Charged With Corruption
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Criminal charges against Brazilian President Michel Temer are the latest blow to a reform agenda designed to jump start Latin America’s largest economy, as the nation’s capital prepares for another drawn out political showdown.
Chief public prosecutor Rodrigo Janot on Monday night pressed corruption charges against Temer in an unprecedented development that may put the embattled president of Latin America’s largest economy on trial.