FILE PHOTO: Judge Teori Zavascki (R) and Judge Luiz Fachin arrive to attend a session to rule on the validity of impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff at the Supreme Court justice in Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The death of a Supreme Court justice handling corruption accusations against dozens of Brazilian politicians will not derail the country's biggest ever graft probe but will delay it, handing valuable breathing space to President Michel Temer.
Justice Teori Zavascki was killed in a plane crash on Thursday, just weeks before he was due to unveil explosive testimony from executives at engineering group Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL] that is expected to implicate as many as 200 politicians in a vast kickback scandal.
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