Brazil plea bargain says interim President Temer sought illegal campaign funds

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's interim President Michel Temer sought campaign contributions stemming from a graft scheme at state oil company Petrobras for his party's 2012 mayoral candidate in Sao Paulo, according to a plea bargain deal by a former Petrobras executive. The plea deal by Sergio Machado, posted by the supreme court in a national legal database on Wednesday, said the campaign contribution from building firm Queiroz Galvao was made legally but was the result of a political kickback from contracts handed out by Petrobras. The allegations are the first involving Temer in the sweeping corruption probe of Petrobras, known as "Operation Car Wash," which has led to the arrest of dozens of business executives and politicians.

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