Four men are on trial in Brasília accused of crimes including armed criminal conspiracy, violent uprising against the rule of law and an attempted coup
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00:00 Brazil's High Court has opened the first trials over the 8th January riots in Brasilia by
00:05 supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.
00:10 The four accused had been demanding the overthrow of Bolsonaro's successor, Luiz Início Lula
00:15 da Silva.
00:16 Brazil's Congress and Supreme Court were ransacked that day by thousands of Bolsonaro supporters.
00:23 The riots deeply shook the nation and drew inevitable comparisons to the invasion of
00:27 the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021 by supporters of then-president Donald Trump.
00:32 [WHOOSH]