Shouts, charges of 'stupidity,' at Brazil president's trial

Source: Associated Press

Shouts, charges of 'stupidity,' at Brazil president's trial

Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Updated 5:38 pm, Friday, August 26, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A trial against Brazil's president turned into a yelling match and was temporarily suspended on Friday after the head of Senate declared "stupidity is endless" and sharply criticized a colleague who had questioned the body's moral authority.

The second day of the trial against President Dilma Rousseff got off to an edgy start when Senate President Renan Calheiros decided to bring up a comment made on Thursday by Sen. Gleisi Hoffmann, a member of Rousseff's Workers' Party.

Hoffmann, who like many in the Senate and lower Chamber of Deputies is being investigated for corruption, had declared that "no one here" had the moral standing to judge Rousseff.

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