File photo: Antonio Palocci, former finance minister and presidential chief of staff in recent Workers Party (PT) governments, arrives at the Institute of Forensic Science in Curitiba, Brazil, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told a court hearing on Thursday that he could provide details of a political kickback scheme, which could threaten former President Luiz Inلcio Lula da Silva's chances of running in the 2018 election.
In the video of the hearing released on Thursday, Palocci made the offer directly to Judge Sergio Moro, who has overseen a sweeping three-year-old corruption investigation, known as Operation Car Wash, that has upturned Brazilian politics.
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