The list of the names was published by Brazil’s top court website Tuesday night. After authorizing the investigations, Brazil’s attorney-general will proceed with them and later decide whether the accused should stand trial. Temer said recently that any ministers standing trial should step down from their Cabinet posts. The judge’s decision comes as Brazil’s president fights to survive an electoral court trial that could remove him from office for illegal campaign financing. Brazil’s Supreme Court investigates politicians who hold office because of its special jurisdiction and is often slower than lower courts go after senior figures.

Source: Washington Post April 12, 2017 00:06 UTC