BRASILIA, (Reu-ters) – Brazilian Presi-dent Michel Temer must respond within 24 hours to federal police questions about his alleged involvement in a sprawling political graft probe, a Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
Executives from the world’s biggest meatpacker JBS SA said in plea-bargain testimony to police that Temer condoned bribing a potential witness in the “Car Wash” corruption case and they paid the president nearly $5 million in bribes in recent years. Temer strongly denies the accusations. The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
