Brazil's Rousseff to provide written statement in corruption case

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is being suspended from office in an ongoing impeachment process, will provide a written statement in a corruption case where she was called as a witness, local media reported Friday.

Rousseff is taking advantage of an article of the Constitution, which allows those who are called witnesses to provide written statements instead of attending a court session.

The president was called a witness in a case against Marcelo Odebrecht, former head of construction company Odebrecht, which is involved in the corruption scheme at Brazilian oil giant Petrobras.

The construction company reportedly had an entire sector dedicated to paying bribes to the authorities and high-profile executives.

Odebrecht was also found guilty in another case of corruption and sentenced to 19 years for corruption, money laundering and criminal associations. He appealed the conviction. Endi