Brazil's Temer Escapes Corruption Trial in House Vote, Again
- Lower house voted 251 to 233 to block corruption charges
- Delay to start voting indicates discontent among allies
Brazil's president Michel Temer.
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Brazil President Michel Temer survived a second attempt to try him for corruption with a victory in the lower house that allows him to cling to power until his term ends in December 2018.
On Wednesday evening Temer allies defeated a motion with 251 against 233 votes that would have put him on the Supreme Court bench. There were 25 absentees and two abstentions. The margin was smaller than in an August vote on similar charges, when 263 lawmakers voted to shelve the charges against him. A result of 257 or more would have been considered positive by analysts at JP Morgan.