Read more: Millions in bribes paid to Brazil president’s party, former exec says The political storm erupted late Wednesday, when the Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that Temer had been the target of a police sting operation in which he was recorded condoning a payment by a Brazilian businessman to the jailed speaker of the house aimed at ensuring that the politician stayed silent on corruption. Brazilian President Michel Temer was allegedly caught in a secret audio recording authorizing the head of meatpacking giant JBS SA to pay bribes to buy the silence of disgraced political leader Eduardo Cunha, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for corruption. SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s top court released plea-bargain testimony on Friday accusing President Michel Temer and his two predecessors of receiving millions of dollars in bribes, the most damaging development yet in a historic political corruption probe. He is accused of having given his blessing to payments meant to keep the former speaker of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, from spilling secrets while he is in prison for taking millions of dollars in bribes.
The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court releases a plea bargain testimony from JBS S.A., revealing that the company paid 500 million reais in bribes to politicians, including current President Michel Temer and his predecessors Dilma and Lula.