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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's highest electoral court ruled Tuesday President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was not involved in an alleged plot to buy damaging information about opposition politicians before his re-election last October.
The autonomous, nonpartisan election court unanimously cleared Silva, saying there was not enough evidence to link him to the scandal.
Silva could have been stripped of power if the judges had ruled he was guilty, according to a statement from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal posted on its Web site.
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