Brazil Supreme Court includes Jair Bolsonaro in riot probe

Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to see right-wing erstwhile president Jair Bolsonaro successful its probe into the storming of authorities buildings successful Brasília.

It is the archetypal clip that Mr Bolsonaro has been named among those perchance liable for the 8 January riots.

It comes days aft Mr Bolsonaro posted a video questioning the legitimacy of October's statesmanlike election.

Prosecutors said Mr Bolsonaro whitethorn person incited a transgression by making specified claims.

They asked the Supreme Court connected Friday to see the ex-president successful the investigation.

The Bolsonaro video claimed that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was not voted into bureau but alternatively chosen by the Supreme Court and Brazil's electoral authority.

While the video was posted aft Sunday's riot and aboriginal deleted, the authoritative general's bureau argued its contented was capable to warrant investigating Mr Bolsonaro's behaviour beforehand.

Thousands of extremist Bolsonaro supporters, who proceed to assertion that the predetermination was rigged, stormed the country's Supreme Court, Congress and statesmanlike palace connected Sunday.

They had been camping successful and astir the superior Brasilia for weeks calling for a subject coup.

Meanwhile, Mr Bolsonaro has been admitted to a infirmary successful Florida with abdominal pain, his woman said.

He near Brazil for the United States successful precocious December, aft refusing to instrumentality portion successful the handover of powerfulness to Lula.

Many businessmen and officials are being investigated, including Brasilia's erstwhile caput of security, Anderson Torres, who flew to the US up of the riots.

On Thursday, constabulary visited his location and recovered a papers reportedly trying to reverse the predetermination result.

Mr Torres argues the papers has been taken retired of context, but Justice Minister Flavio Dino has said helium indispensable crook himself successful by Monday oregon look extradition.

Arrest warrants person already been issued for respective apical officials accused of being "responsible for acts and omissions" that led to the riots.