Live updates: Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress - CNN

Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a property league astatine Alvorada Palace successful Brasilia connected November 1, 2022. (Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denounced the "depredations and invasions of nationalist buildings" successful Brasília, aft his supporters stormed cardinal authorities buildings Sunday.

Police accidental they person since cleared the crowds from the country’s Supreme Court, the statesmanlike palace and the legislature building.

Bolsonaro tweeted that “peaceful demonstrations, respecting the law, are portion of democracy."

"However, depredations and invasions of nationalist buildings arsenic occurred today, arsenic good arsenic those practiced by the near successful 2013 and 2017, flight the rule," helium continued. "Throughout my mandate, I person ever been acting according to the Constitution, respecting and defending the laws, democracy, transparency and our ineffable freedom."

Some context: While Bolsonaro has said helium would cooperate with the peaceful modulation of power, helium has besides declined to explicitly concede his predetermination loss successful October.

The predetermination came amid a tense and polarized governmental clime successful Brazil, which has been struggling with precocious inflation, constricted maturation and rising poverty.

In the weeks since Bolsonaro's loss, thousands of his supporters person gathered astatine subject barracks crossed the country, asking the service to measurement successful arsenic they claim, with nary evidence, that the predetermination was stolen.