Eduardo Cunha, Who Led Impeachment Drive Against Rival in Brazil, Gets a 15-Year Jail Term<br />"He has gone from being one of the most powerful politicians in Brazil to this." Mr. Cunha was also a leading figure in the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party of President Michel Temer,<br />whose beleaguered government has grappled with one corruption scandal after another, as Brazil’s three-year recession has worsened and the president has sunk in opinion polls.<br />By DOM PHILLIPSMARCH 30, 2017<br />CONCEIÇÃO DO CAPIM, Brazil — Eduardo Cunha, the conservative Brazilian political leader who led the push in 2016<br />to oust Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s former president, was sentenced on Thursday to more than 15 years in prison.<br />Curitiba wrote that This judge is in no condition to judge any action against me because of his partiality and political motivation,<br />In handing down one of stiffest penalties meted out to a top political figure in Brazil in recent<br />years, the judge said Mr. Cunha violated his "enormous" responsibilities as a lawmaker.<br />A federal judge in Brazil found him guilty of corruption, money laundering<br />and illegally sending money abroad, all in connection with a sprawling graft investigation involving the state-run oil company Petrobras.<br />Sergio Moro said that There can be no more serious offense than the betrayal for<br />personal gain of a parliamentary mandate and the sacred trust of the people,<br />Mr. Cunha is the highest-profile politician to be sentenced as a result of the Operation Car Wash investigation<br />into corruption at Petrobras, which has shaken Brazil’s political and business establishments to their core.
