Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian police on Tuesday raided the homes of the congressional speaker -- the key figure in the impeachment process launched against President Dilma Rousseff who himself faces allegations of corruption and lying to Congress. Agents searched Eduardo Cunha's homes in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro in the early morning hours, AFP photographers observed. Other politicians were also targeted in morning raids, ordered by the Supreme Court, with police seizing cell phones and computers.



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