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Jair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of inquiry into far-right Brazil riot

Jair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of inquiry into far-right Brazil riot

The former president shared a video questioning last year’s election result after his supporters stormed Brasília’s democratic institutions

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro will be investigated as part of an inquiry into the alleged attempt to topple the country’s new government, the supreme court has announced.

Thousands of radical followers of the far-right populist marauded through Brazil’s three most important democratic institutions last Sunday, apparently convinced by a tsunami of fake news that last October’s presidential election – which Bolsonaro lost – was rigged.

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