Brazil Coup Plotter Eduardo Cunha Impeached in Lower House

‘Former president of the chamber of deputies and mastermind of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, Eduardo Cunha, lost his seat in the lower house Monday night that had so far given him immunity against judicial proceedings over corruption charges.
Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of his removal with 450 votes for impeachment, nine abstentions and 10 votes against, when the approval required only 257 deputies, with a minimum of 420 attending the vote.
At the end of the vote, Cunha left the assembly surrounded with guards while opposition representatives chanted “Cunha Out!”’
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