Brazil: Court dismisses corruption against Michel Temer
Brazil's embattled President Michel Temer has been cleared of charges that he received illegal campaign funds in a 2014 election, a ruling that allows him to stay in office, Al Jazeera reports.
The country's top electoral court, known as the TSE, voted 4-3 on Friday to acquit Temer of accepting illegal contributions when he was the running mate of impeached President Dilma Rousseff in three years ago.
The verdict avoided the annulment of the Rousseff-Temer 2014 election victory and the removal of the president from office.
Temer took office last year, promising a "new era" for Brazil following Rousseff's impeachment over accusations of taking illegal state loans to patch budget holes in 2014.