MAIN PLAYERS IN BRAZIL SCANDAL
MICHEL TEMER
Q The conservative member of PMDB party and Veep became President when leftist Dilma Rousseff was impeached for breaking rules of the Budget
RODRIGO LOURES
Q Surveillance footage showed Temer’s aide running with a suitcase allegedly containing $150,000 in bribe
RODRIGO JANOT
Q Janot heads the anti-graft probe called ‘Car Wash’. Janot has gone a step higher with the bribery charges against Temer
JOESLEY BATISTA
Q Batista, who owns J&F, parent company of JBS meatpackers, might bring Temer down
Q Temer was ne of some 2,000 politicians taking cash from him
Q Temer is ‘heard’ agreeing to pay hush money to a politician jailed for graft in a tape that was given to probe panel members by Batista