Brazil congressional panel votes against putting Temer on trial

‘A Brazilian congressional committee has handed a largely symbolic victory to President Michel Temer by rejecting a recommendation to have him tried on graft charges.
A Chamber of Deputies committee voted Thursday against the proposal made earlier this week by other lawmakers to have Temer tried at the Supreme Court.
The Thursday vote by the committee prompted other lawmakers to shout “Temer out!” and “Purchased vote!” while some others responded by saying “Long live Temer!”
Temer issued a statement calling the vote “a win for democracy and the law.”’
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