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Brazilian President Michel Temer has denied a newspaper report that said he endorsed paying a jailed former congressman to remain silent in a bribery investigation. The O Globo newspaper published a story Wednesday it said was based on a secret recording made during a meeting between Michel Temer and businessman Joesley Batista. The report said that when Batista told the president he was paying former Speaker of the House Eduardo Cunha to keep quiet, Temer responded, "You have to keep that up, all right?" A statement from Temer's office confirmed that he met with Batista, but said he never solicited payments. Cunha led the impeachment fight that ousted former President Dilma Rousseff last year and brought Temer to power. Cunha was later imprisoned on a 15-year sentence for corruption in an embezzlement scandal involving the state-owned Petrobras oil company, and has indicated he could implicate others. Wednesday's report brought some calls for Temer's resignation as well as protests in Sao Paolo. 巴西总统特梅尔否认一家报纸所报道的，他在一项行贿调查中支持向一名入狱的国会议员支付封口费。 巴西《环球报》星期三发表的报道是基于巴西商人若埃斯利·巴蒂斯塔今年３月录下的与特梅尔交谈时的录音。 这篇报道说，当时巴蒂斯塔告诉总统说，他将向入狱的前众议院议长库尼亚支付封口费，让他保持沉默。特梅尔回应道，“你一定要继续那样做，知道吗？” | 
