Brazil’s former president Dilma Rousseff has reportedly filed a case before the country’s High Court alleging that her successor in office took bribes during their last political campaign. 

Rousseff, who was impeached in September on grounds of criminal misconduct, is said to have put forward evidence with the Supreme Electoral Court in Brazil alleging that the Michel Temer received illegal funds from a construction company during the 2014 presidential election, in which the two were running mates.

 

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According to her allegations, Temer received 1 million reals ($295,000) from construction company Andrade Gutierrez as donations to his political campaign, however, the funds were later transferred into his personal bank account.

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