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May 18, 2017

Brazilian President Temer Reportedly Approved of Hush-Money Payoffs
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In Brazil, an explosive new report reveals President Michel Temer was
secretly recorded approving hush-money payoffs for a powerful politician
jailed on corruption charges. The newspaper O Globo reports, in one
recording from March, President Temer is told by a wealthy businessman
about cash payments to keep former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha from
revealing secrets about his former colleagues. The paper reports Temer
responded, "You have to keep it going, OK?" Brazil is already embroiled
in a vast corruption scandal involving nearly 100 prominent politicians
and a third of Temer's Cabinet.


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