Brazil Top Court to Prove Rousseff Not Guilty of Obstructing Justice

Brazil’s Supreme Court will prove that suspended President Dilma Rousseff did not obstruct the inquiry into corruption surrounding the state-run oil firm Petrobras, her office said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki authorized an investigation into the embattled president on charges of obstructing justice in a multibillion-dollar bribery and bid-rigging case.

"The decision will help establish the facts and show there has never been obstruction of justice. The truth will prevail," the office wrote in a statement.

Rousseff is already under scrutiny in a different case. The Senate will vote in August whether to impeach her on accusations she concealed the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 re-election.