Brazil's president ends corruption probe

The World

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ended the country's largest-ever corruption probe on Thursday, saying there is  “no more corruption in the government.” Operation Car Wash, so named because it initially investigated money laundering, was started six years and ballooned into a scandal that has taken down several of Brazil's icons, including left-wing former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Marco Werman speaks with a Brazilian political scientist, Mauricio Santoro about where the investigation stands and why Bolsonaro has decided to end it.

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