A black market money dealer says that $5.1 million in overseas bank deposits apparently were earmarked for the speaker of Brazil's lower house of congress, the man who's leading an effort to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, according to AP. Leonardo Meirelles told the Chamber of Deputies' Ethics Committee on Thursday that he converted the dollars into Brazilian reals and turned the money over to his partner, who told him it was for Eduardo Cunha. Cunha is the driving force behind the impeachment process against Rousseff and is second in line to succeed her should she be forced to step down. Cunha is facing money-laundering charges in connection with the sprawling investigation into bribery to win contracts at the state-run oil giant Petrobras. He's denied any wrongdoing.
