Development: On 5 October the Brazilian government's attorney, Luiz Inácio Adams, filed a request against Augusto Nardes, the leading judge in the case in the federal court of accounts (TCU) that is due to issue a ruling tomorrow (7 October) on whether the government led by President Dilma Rousseff engaged in illegal accounting measures to balance its books in 2014. Significance: If the request is accepted, the TCU’s ruling could be postponed yet again, which might diminish momentum in support of impeachment proceedings against President Rousseff, just as the government seeks to shore up its support in the federal congress…