The Brazilian Supreme Court approved the inclusion of former prime minister Jair Bolsonaro in the inquiry into the riots on January 8 on Friday. Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted the Attorney General’s Office’s request to include Bolsonaro, who has been closely associated with planning the events that took place in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia last Sunday.
The motion to question Bolsonaro will be addressed later, the supreme court noted
Two days after the incident, Bolsonaro claimed in a video he released on Facebook that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hadn’t been elected president, despite the fact that he had been picked by the Supreme Court and Brazil’s top electoral authority.
Judge de Moraes ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to keep the video and its information so that it may be used to more easily identify the authorship after reviewing the film. The court also mandated that prior to being erased, the data on the video’s reach (number of views, shares, and comments) be made public. The motion to question Bolsonaro will be addressed later, the supreme court noted, noting that he was not on Brazilian soil.
Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attempted to change the results of the October election
“Faced with the news that the former president is not in Brazilian territory, the request for the interrogation of the person represented, Jair Bolsonaro, will be considered later, in due time.” Bolsonaro has been hiding out in Florida, USA, since last month, which is notable. Due to stomach discomfort, he had previously been hospitalized to AdventHealth Celebration Hospital, an acute care facility outside of Orlando. The news comes a day after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made a suggestion that former president Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters could not have stormed the city of Brasilia without “inside aid.”
“Since there are no shattered doors, I am sure that the Planalto (presidential) palace door was unlocked for people to enter. This denotes that someone made it easier for them to enter. Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attempted to change the results of the October election last weekend by stumbling into Brasilia, the nation’s capital. The “bolsonaristas,” as the rioters are also known, robbed offices, damaged public property, vandalized priceless works of art and scrawled offensive graffiti advocating for a military takeover to topple the Lula government.
