In this photo released by Brazil’s Presidency, Brazil’s President Michel Temer attends the funeral of Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Saturday, Jan 21, 2017. Brazil’s president said Saturday that he would wait to name a replacement for the Supreme Court justice who died in a plane crash until after the court reassigns a major corruption case he was handling.
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Brazil president to wait to replace justice killed in crash
Brazil’s president said Saturday that he would wait to name a replacement for the Supreme Court justice who died in a plane crash until after the court reassigns a major corruption case he was handling. Justice Teori Zavascki was in charge of handling accusations against politicians in the “Car Wash” investigation, a multibillion dollar kickback scheme involving the state oil company Petrobras.