Brazil: Brazil court to probe president on misuse of funds in campaign
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Brazil’s top electoral authority has ruled there are grounds to investigate irregularities in President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election campaign last year.
The TSE (Superior Electoral Court) in a 5-2 vote overturned an earlier ruling by Judge Maria Thereza de Assis Moura, who in February had said the evidence was insufficient to move forward.
It is seeking to determine whether President Rousseff and Vice-President Michel Temer abused their power while in office to run the campaign and whether illegal money was used as funding.
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