Brazil’s Temer to sue billionaire foe over graft accusations | Reuters
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Bruno Federowski | BRASILIA/SAO PAULO BRASILIA/SAO PAULO Brazilian President Michel Temer denied allegations made by a billionaire businessman in a magazine interview published on Saturday that he led a corruption scheme in which politicians squeezed high-profile executives for bribes, and vowed to sue the businessman.In a statement, Temer's office said he will take "all appropriate actions" against billionaire Joesley Batista, who told Época magazine that the 77-year-old politician has run a bribe-for-favors scheme at the government since 2010. In his first interview since striking a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors, Batista told Época that Temer asked for money several times in recent years as he led a group of senior politicians regularly demanding kickbacks in exchange for political favors."Temer is the leader of a lower house criminal organization," Época quoted Batista as saying.
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