A little over a week prior to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (PT) visit to the US, nine members of the Democratic Party presented a resolution in the US Senate asking President Joe Biden to promptly examine extradition requests for former Brazilian officials linked to the coup-plotting attacks on the headquarters of the three Powers in Brasília, on January 8.
The writing of the text obtained by Folha was led by Senator Bob Menendez, president of the House's Foreign Relations Committee. The material seeks to hold former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) accountable for motivating what he calls a "violent siege" of the institutions.
"We condemn the violent siege of the Presidential Palace, the Congress and the Supreme Court of Brazil carried out by supporters of the former president - an event that was fueled, in part, by disinformation disseminated over several months by Bolsonaro", says an excerpt from the resolution.
The former president has been in the US since the end of December and, according to his lawyers, has asked for a tourist visa to stay longer in the country – the modality entitles you to stay six months on American soil.
Translated by Cassy Dias