07-06-2016 19:14 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Brazilian prosecutor targets senior ruling party leaders - report

By Silvio Cascione BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top prosecutor is seeking the arrests of the Senate leader and other senior ruling party politicians for allegedly trying to obstruct a corruption probe, threatening to undermine President Michel Temer's interim government, O Globo reported on Tuesday. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot accuses them of seeking to block a sprawling two-year-old investigation into political kickbacks on contracts with state-run oil company Petrobras , according to the
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