1·6 Incident Special Committee Chairman “Investigation Cooperation”
Statement “It’s not a secret of far-right cooperation between the two countries”
U.S. Secretary of State “Rapid Response to Relevant Requests”
Bolsonaro’s Son Meets Trump
On the 8th (local time), US and Brazilian lawmakers are jointly investigating the riots against the presidential election in Brazil. 74 lawmakers from both countries released a joint statement on the 11th and criticized the violence that took place in Washington, USA on January 6, 2020, two years and two days ahead of the riots in Brazil.
Reuters reported on the 12th that the US Beni Thompson ‘1st 6 Congressional Intrusion Investigation Special Committee’ (1st 6th Special Committee) related to the incident in which thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Presidential Palace, Congress and Supreme Court in Brasilia, the capital. It was reported that the chairman agreed to cooperate.
Representative Thompson said, “I am proud of the activities of the 1st and 6th special committees and the final report, and I will help with anything if it becomes an example of a similar investigation.”
The president of the Brazilian Senate, Rodrigo Pasekou, also decided to share the investigation process in which supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed Congress. US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said he would respond quickly to the Brazilian government’s request.
Senator Eduardo, son of former President Bolsonaro, visited Florida after President Luiz Inacio Lula Dasuba won in the runoff last October and met with former President Trump and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who is known as his schemer. turned out to be US and Brazilian lawmakers claimed that “Bannon advised Eduardo to challenge the election results.” Bannon raised fraudulent conspiracy theories related to the Brazilian presidential election, and was convicted of contempt of Congress after inciting far-right forces during the US congressional riot.
In a joint statement, lawmakers from both the United States and Brazil said, “It is no secret that the far right in Brazil and the United States are cooperating. We must also unite against the far-right forces that are trying to destroy democracy.”
Former President Bolsonaro, who fled to Florida at night on December 30 last year, even before the end of his term as president, used a diplomatic (A1) visa, which expires at the end of this month. On the night of the 10th, he shared a video of a “presidential fraud conspiracy” on his Facebook account and deleted it within a few hours.
Meanwhile, according to President Ruy Kusta’s chief of staff, with information that a new large-scale protest was conspired, the Brazilian government began to strengthen security even before the aftermath of the riots against the presidential election dissipated.
Reporter Yoon Chang-soo
