A Year On, Brazil High Court Judge Blames Bolsonaro For Jan 8 Riots

The January 8, 2023 riot in Brasilia by supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stunned Brazil, and led to a series trials and the convictions of at least 30 defendants, some for crimes including an attempted coup ro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week. (Credit: AFP)

A year after Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed the seat of power in Brazil, the senior justice on the country's Supreme Court says the far-right ex-president bears "unequivocal" responsibility for the unrest.

But Justice Gilmar Mendes says the court must now decide whether Bolsonaro is guilty of a crime for his alleged links to the January 8, 2023 riots, which stunned the world with striking echoes of the US Capitol invasion two years earlier.