Judge orders Bolsonaro to testify about attempted coup in 10 days

The Supreme Court of Brazil determined this Friday that former President Jair Bolsonaro make a statement to the Police within 10 days, within the framework of a process that investigates the coup attempt on January 8.

That day, Bolsonaro was in the United Statesto where he had traveled on December 30, still in his capacity as president, with the intention of not handing over the presidential sash to Lula.

The thousands of Bolsonaristas who assaulted the headquarters of the Supreme Court, Parliament and the Presidency had been camped for more than two months at the gates of the Army headquarters demanding a coup, in an anti-democratic attitude that the ultra-right leader did not condemn and even endorsed.

For those events2,151 people were arrestedof which 294 remain in prison, while the rest will respond to the courts in freedom.

The Supreme Court has included Bolsonaro among those investigated, in order to determine if, even though he was in the United States that day, where he returned from last March 30, instigated that movement or even had a role in planning the coup attempt.