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3-21-2019 Mr Temer’s arrest comes after the attorney general attempted three times to charge him, but failed due to Congress protecting him and failing to lift his immunity.
On leaving office, Mr Temer was asked about potential cases against him but said he was not worried and did not believe he would be arrested. "I'm calm. I am not the least bit worried," he said. "Those (charges) are such absurd things that a more objective and less passionate mind will see that and will say ‘those allegations are irrelevant.’" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/21/brazils-former-president-michel-temer-arrested-car-wash-corruption/
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Prosecutors alleged that Temer was the leader of a “criminal organization” that took in 1.8 billion reais ($472 million) in bribes or pending future kickbacks as part of numerous schemes, including one related to the Angra nuclear power plant complex on the Rio de Janeiro coast and other state firms. The former president’s Brazil Democratic Movement party long held sway over key appointments in Brazil’s largely state-run energy sector, including nuclear power plants....
Over 150 powerful politicians and businessmen have been convicted in relation to the investigation since 2014, which has reshaped the country’s political and business landscapes....Temer is the second former president to be arrested in the anti-corruption push. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in jail serving over 12 years for a corruption conviction. https://www.theepochtimes.com/brazils-ex-president-temer-jailed-accused-of-heading-criminal-organization_2848472.html
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Temer’s former minister of mines and energy, Moreira Franco, was also arrested....“Jail to all of those who dilapidated the wealth of the Brazilian people,” Sergio Gomes Olimpio, a senator from Bolsonaro’s party, said Thursday in a video posted on social media. “They have to pay now.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/former-brazil-president-michel-temer-arrested-on-corruption-charges/2019/03/21/74e9a92a-4be7-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html?utm_term=.280b2e02e04b
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According to the Federal Police office in Rio de Janeiro, authorities carried out 10 arrest warrants, including that of Michel Temer, as well as 26 additional search warrants on Thursday. Local media reported the former president was arrested in his house in Sao Paulo and flown to the Federal Police office in Rio. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/brazil-president-michel-temer-arrested-reports-190321143610513.html
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