Buying off members of parliament becomes a footnote in the press that supported the coup.
The newspapers that supported the theft of Brazilian democracy by a criminal gang are now hiding the fact that the scheme was bought by former congressman Eduardo Cunha; in Sunday's editions of O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo, and Estado de S. Paulo, the bombshell revelation made by Lúcio Funaro, about Eduardo Cunha's request for R$ 1 million to buy votes from congressmen for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, was hidden by their editors; it's a way of concealing from readers the disastrous editorial choice that links the major newspapers to the most shameful chapter in Brazilian history.
247 - As everyone knows, the fraudulent impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff had the support and active participation of the three main Brazilian newspapers: Globo, Folha, and Estadão.
It is now known, with the testimony of Lúcio Funaro (read here), that this impeachment involved votes bought by former congressman Eduardo Cunha, who is now serving a 15-year prison sentence for corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering.
It is also known that Funaro confirmed that businessman Joesley Batista bought his silence, with the approval of Michel Temer, the direct beneficiary of the theft of Brazilian democracy by a criminal gang (read here).
Faced with these revelations, what do the major newspapers do? They hide the news, as a way of concealing from readers the disastrous editorial choice that links them to the most shameful chapter in Brazilian history.
Check out the moment when Funaro reveals the bribery of congressmen: