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