Brazil: police claim to have evidence president Michel Temer received bribes
(The Guardian Brazil)

Temer has been under investigation after testimony by businessman Joesley Batista linked the president and an aide to bribesBrazil´s federal police has said that investigators have found evidence the president, Michel Temer, received bribes to help businesses, raising a new threat that the embattled leader could be suspended from office pending a corruption trial.Temer has been under investigation due to plea bargain testimony by the wealthy businessman Joesley Batista of the giant meatpacking company JBS that linked the president and an aide to bribes and the president to an alleged endorsement of hush money for jailed ex-House Speaker Eduardo Cunha. Related: Brazilian court dismisses corruption case against President Michel Temer Continue reading...