Rio de Janeiro--Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday named a long list of politicians under investigation over the multibillion-dollar graft scandal roiling state oil giant Petrobras, including the presidents of the senate and of the chamber of deputies.
Not under investigation is President Dilma Rousseff, who was Petrobras board chair during much of the decade-long period when politicians allegedly benefited from huge kickbacks via inflated contracts struck between the oil giant and dozens of companies.
"Launching investigations was considered viable as there are indications of illegality," a court statement read.
Around three dozen politicians were named, many of them allies of the leftist Rousseff's ruling coalition.
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