Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
DW: Police accuse Brazil's Michel Temer of 'passive corruption'
Brazilian President Michel Temer had reportedly accepted bribes from businesses, police said in a report. Temer's predecessor Dilma Rousseff was impeached and removed from office following tumultuous revelations.
Federal police said they discovered evidence that Brazilian President Michel Temer received bribes to help businesses, according to a preliminary report published Tuesday.
The report, which federal police provided to the supreme court, suggested that Temer engaged in "passive corruption" by accepting the bribes. Police are investigation allegations of corruption, obstruction of justice and illicit association against Temer.
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Update #1: Brazil Federal Police Accuse President of Getting Bribes (US News and World Report/AP)
Update #2: Brazilian police deliver graft investigation against Temer (Reuters)
WNU Editor: It is something to see .... an entire political system that is corrupt to the core.
