Brazil prosecutors seek graft charge against president

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian prosecutors filed corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Monday, a step toward possibly making him the country’s first serving leader to face a criminal trial.

In a filing to the Supreme Court, the public prosecution service accused Temer of receiving a 500,000-real (about $150,000) bribe from the boss of a meatpacking company implicated in a corruption scandal.