April 12, 2017 12:49 PM

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Brazil Supreme Court justice orders probe into eight cabinet ministers

In Brazil, a Supreme Court Justice ordered investigations into eight Ministers in President Michel Temer's cabinet and dozens of sitting lawmakers allegedly linked to the country's biggest corruption scandal ever. <br/><br/>The names of the politicians under investigation was released by Justice Edson Fachin yesterday, after lifting the seal on plea bargain testimony from the employees of a construction company, which has admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes. The investigation into eight ministers, or nearly a third of the cabinet, poses a serious threat to Temer's efforts to regain investor confidence and lift the economy out of its worst recession on record.

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