Brazil rocked by graft claims

– Brazil’s president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, who was voted in on an anticorruption platform, said on Tuesday he would take action if a campaign funding investigation into his future chief of staff shows wrongdoing.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday authorised a federal investigation into allegations that Onyx Lorenzoni had taken illegal campaign donations.

“But if there is a solid accusation of irregularity ... we will take steps,” Bolsonaro said.

The investigation is the second accusation of graft made against a top member of the incoming government of Bolsonaro before he has even taken power.

Last week, federal police opened an investigation into Paulo Guedes, the future economy minister, and whether he committed fraud tied to pension funds of state-run firms.