#BRAZIL: Former House Speaker Who Led Rousseff Impeachment Expelled

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By a lopsided 450 to 10 votes, Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the lower house who led the impeachment of former Pres. Dilma Rousseff, has lost his seat and has been barred from politics for eight years amid perjury and corruption claims. He has now lost parliamentary immunity and may be charged in a bribery and kickback scandal.

#BRAZIL: Supreme Court Suspends Speaker Of Chamber Of Deputies, Allegedly Hindering Investigation

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Brazil’s Supreme Court has approved a request by the country’s Prosecutor General, Rodrigo Janot, and has suspended Chamber of Deputies Speaker, Eduardo Cunha from his duties as legislator for allegedly hindering a money-laundering investigation that has been engulfing the legislative body.