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Brazil leader names allies to head police, justice ministry

by Associated Press
| April 28, 2020 7:27 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s president named men considered close allies to head the Justice Ministry and Federal Police on Tuesday just hours after the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into the outgoing justice minister's allegations that he had tried to interfere illegaly with the police agency.

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