Brazilian President Temer’s ally resigns amid corruption scandal

‘Brazilian President Michel Temer’s ally and prominent minister has quit over an influence-peddling scandal in another blow to the new government.
General Secretary of the Brazilian Presidency Geddel Vieira Lima, 57, tendered his resignation in a letter to Temer published in the media on Friday.
President Temer himself is reportedly embroiled in the influence-peddling scandal.
Brazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said another ex-minister had told police that Temer had pressured him to interfere in a business deal involving Vieira Lima.’
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