Brazil top court rejects Rousseff request to annul impeachment

‘Brazil’s Supreme Court has dismissed claims by suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, and her defense team about irregularities in a session in Congress, during which senators voted to open an impeachment trial against her.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ricardo Lewandowski on Tuesday rejected a request from Rousseff to annul the session, saying neither he nor the Supreme Court could rule on the matter as it was a decision made in Congress.
Lewandowski, who will preside over the trial, said that even if the court were to decide on the issue, the procedures used at the session on August 10 “did not harm the accused.”’
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