Temer accused of obstruction of justice

BRASÍLIA: President Michel Temer faced new calls for his resignation on Friday after being accused of attempting to derail a massive graft investigation known as “Car Wash”. Temer and a senior senator, Aecio Neves, were among those “who attempted to prevent the Car Wash investigations from advancing”, prosecutor-general Rodrigo Janot said. The accusation has raised the stakes in a crisis threatening to topple Temer a year after he took over from impeached Dilma Rousseff.