Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday told the Senate commission considering whether to permanently remove her from office that the case against her is a farce, according to AP. In a letter to the commission read by her top attorney, Rousseff also said she is honest and promised to fight to carry out her mandate until the end of 2018. After the introduction of Rousseff's defense, the impeachment proceedings are expected to resume Aug. 2, three days before the opening ceremony at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. A final decision on whether she will keep the presidential post is expected after the games. The unpopular leader was impeached and suspended from office in May for allegedly breaking fiscal rules in managing the federal budget. She was replaced at least temporarily by ally-turned-enemy Michel Temer, who was her vice president and also is unpopular with Brazilians. As she has before, Rousseff noted in her letter that previous Brazilian presidents used similar accounting measures and said she did not commit any crime.
