UPDATE 1-Brazil's lower house speaker Cunha charged in corruption probe
August 20, 2015 at 16:39 PM EDT
BRASILIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors charged the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, with corruption and money laundering on Thursday in a widening political kickback scandal linked to contracts with state-run oil company Petrobras, the prosecutor's office said.
