Brazilian police charged former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with corruption and money laundering as his successor faces an impeachment trial expected to oust her permanently next week.
A spokesman for the federal police in Brasilia confirmed the charges on Friday, which local media reported are in relation to a beach-side apartment in Sao Paulo state that Lula and his wife frequented.
Lula’s lawyers were not immediately available for comment when contacted by phone and e-mail. The 70 year-old former labor leader has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said he is the victim of political persecution.
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