Brazil's Supreme Court on January 13 announced that it would be investigating former President Jair Bolsonaro for any alleged role in inciting the far-right mob that ransacked the country's Congress, top court and presidential offices on January 8, AP reported.
Following the Supreme Court's decision, Bolsonaro's lawyer Frederick Wassef said in a statement that the former president “vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and destruction” from Jan. 8, but blamed supposed “infiltrators” of the protest — something his far-right backers have also claimed.
The statement also said Bolsonaro “never had any relationship or participation with these spontaneous social movements.”
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