Brazil police have arrested one of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's closest aides as part of an investigation into a group suspected of falsifying information on Covid-19 vaccination cards.
Jair Bolsonaro denies any alleged role in the January 8 riot in Brazil. Jair Bolsonaro has testified in front of the federal police amid the investigation of the January 8 riot, which saw the attack on government buildings by his supporters in the capital Brasilia after he lost in the presidential election.
Brazil continues its crackdown on the people behind the January 8 riot. Now, a Supreme Court justice has ordered police to question former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has just reached his first 100 days, and he used this occasion to take aim at his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.
The son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has created speculations about his father's return to Brazil after he hinted in his tweet that his father is ending his stay in the U.S. as soon as next week.
Brazil has ordered a police probe on former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and the controversial Saudi jewelry, with allegations that government staff under Bolsonaro tried to bring millions of dollars worth of jewelry into the country.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he plans to return this month to his country, where he will face several investigations.
For the first time since the pro-Jair Bolsonaro January 8 riots in Brasilia, the Solicitor General's Office of Brazil has requested that a civil court convict some of the rioters who took part in the failed coup against President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva.
January 8 is considered Brazil's equivalent of January 6, and much like January 6, intensive investigations are now also underway. Now, Brazilian police are investigating former President Jair Bolsonaro's nephew, Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus, in connection to the Brazil riot.
The pro-Jair Bolsonaro insurrection in Brazil that resulted in rioters destroying property in government buildings and surrounding the presidential palace was plotted online, and they did so openly. This was revealed as a flyer for a "Mega Protest" to retake power has been seen online.
Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from the hospital where he had been taken on Monday, a source close to the Bolsonaro family confirmed.
In the months leading to the Brazilian elections, the United States was warned that then-Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro might try to pull off a Donald Trump-style coup attempt. A few days after Lula was sworn in, Bolsonaro supporters did just that.
Supporters of former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had broken through military's security barriers on Sunday and entered the congressional building, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto Palace.
