next Image 1 of 2prev Image 2 of 2Brazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested for a second time on corruption charges Thursday, facing renewed scrutiny in a sprawling graft probe that has ensnared top politicians and businessmen. The Car Wash probe, launched in 2014, unveiled complex corruption schemes of money laundering and kickbacks among the highest echelons of power. Temer became president in 2016 after ex-President Dilma Rousseff was impeached and removed from office for allegedly violating rules on handling federal finances. Temer's administration was clouded by corruption allegations and prosecutors charged him with corruption on three occasions. But Congress' lower house never gave its consent to lifting his immunity from prosecution, which Brazil's sitting presidents have.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2019 19:07 UTC