Brazil Congress opens inquiry into January 8 capital storming while ex-president Jair Bolsonaro denies all involvement in anti-government riots by his supporters
Riots are being investigated by top court, public prosecutors and federal police in probes that may carry more serious consequences for opposition's Bolsonaro and his supporters, 800 of whom face charges for vandalism and defending a military coup.Thousands of Bolsonaro's supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in Brasilia on January 8, a week after Lula took office.
In a joint session of its two chambers on Wednesday, the parties began selecting the 16 senators and 16 representatives who will sit on the committee, with opposition parties and the government's allies battling to appoint its chair and rapporteur. The right-wing opposition has pushed for an inquiry as a way to blame his new government for security failures in Brasilia that day.
The opposition, which has a strong position in Congress, plans to stack the committee with enough lawmakers to run the hearings and put the minority Lula government on the defensive, according to the right-wing Liberal Party .
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