Dilma Rousseff Targeted in Brazil by Lawmakers Facing Scandals of Their Own - The New York Times
Simon Romero and Vinod Sreeharsha
Rousseff and her supporters have argued, how can the impeachment process be directed by someone who is going on trial for corruption himself? On Thursday, José Eduardo Cardozo, the solicitor general, said that his office had appealed to the Supreme Federal Tribunal in an attempt to block the impeachment proceedings.
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