Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcido do Amaral, arrested in November on obstruction of justice charges, has agreed to a plea bargain implicating President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal, local media reported on Thursday.
The online version of Brazilian paper O Estado de S.Paulo said Amaral, who was released from jail in February with some restrictions, had given preliminary testimony to public prosecutors outlining what he could reveal if granted leniency in a formal plea bargain.
O Estado did not identify sources for its information but said Amaral had named Lula and said he could outline shady dealings with the purchase of the Pasadena refinery in Texas by Petrobras.
The state-run oil company, formally known as Petroleo Brasileiro SA, has been the center of a nearly two-year corruption scandal that prosecutors are investigating.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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