Brazilian President Michel Temer is once again under fire, this time amid reports that prosecutors have obtained recordings of him discussing hush money payments with a jailed associate. The obstruction of justice allegations have sparked street protests and calls for his impeachment by Brazilian lawmakers. According to a May 17 report from O Globo, the president was caught on tape asking the chairman of Brazil's JBS meat-packing company, Joesley Batista, to buy the silence of Eduardo Cunha, the former president of the lower house who has been in prison since November 2016. Batista has been under investigation for his company's alleged involvement in a corruption scheme aimed at getting special financial favors from the country's state-owned national development bank, BNDES. Batista has been negotiating a plea bargain with Brazilian authorities in exchange for information about the BNDES scandal.