{
  "id": 19697,
  "title": "Brazil's top court authorizes influence-peddling probe into Lula's eldest son",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/brazils-top-court-authorizes-influence-peddling-probe-into-lulas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-31T18:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/07/31/brazil-s-top-court-authorizes-influence-peddling-probe-into-lula-s-eldest-son"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice André Mendonça authorized the Federal Police on Thursday to open an investigation into Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, the eldest son of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, over indications of influence-peddling and corruption.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}