Brazilian authorities are investigating public officials who they believe may have helped plan, incite or let the attack play out.
A police officer inspects torn portraits at the Supreme Court building in Brasília on Jan. 10, two days after rioters raided federal buildings. Photo: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images
Brazilian authorities are not just prosecuting those who stormed the country's government institutions this month — they're also investigating public officials who they believe may have helped plan, incite or let the attack play out., was arrested, accused of conspiring to allow the attacks — an allegation he denies.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who as of yesterday was still in Orlando, has also been named a person of interest in the investigation, under suspicion of . His lawyer late Friday said Bolsonaro "vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and depredation of public property committed by those infiltrating the demonstration.”of the capital's military police and three capital health ministry workers are among the 1,400 people in custody or who have made bail, according to the detainee list. The commander hasn't commented on the charges but earlier said he followed protocol during the attack.
: "The people who invaded the sites knew these places, knew the inside layouts," Ricardo Cappelli, who was appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to head a temporary federal takeover of security in Brasília, said yesterday in a press conference.that patrols the Congress, Presidential Palace and Supreme Court buildings.
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