Lula has denied ownership of the three-floor condo, and his lawyers have dismissed the charges as a political plot to stymie his political comeback.
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption charges, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The corruption case will also put Lula’s wife, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva in the dock, as well as OAS Chief Executive José Aldemário Pinheiro and Paulo Okamotto, the president of the Lula Institute, along with four others.
Lula, speaking via video link, told an event held by his lawyers in New York that the charges were a “farce”.
Lula has separately been indicted by a court in Brasilia for obstruction of justice in a case related to an attempt to persuade a defendant in the Petrobras scandal not to turn state’s witness.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/21/inenglish/1474447488_741958.html
