Is Jair Bolsonaro in the wrong?

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Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered ex-President Jair Bolsonaro to testify over his alleged role in his supporters storming government buildings to protest his election defeat.

The former far-right leader's supporters, who claim the election was rigged, rampaged through offices and vandalised artworks in the country's Supreme Court, Congress, and presidential palace on 8 January.

They also camped outside army barracks, calling for a military coup to oust new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is known as Lula.
More than 1,500 people have been arrested over the incident, including several top officials, but Mr Bolsonaro denies any role in encouraging the riot.

He was in Florida at the time but investigators argue his rhetoric incited the rioters. He repeatedly questioned the validity of the result and said that only God or death could remove him from office.

Lula narrowly beat Mr Bolsonaro in a tense presidential run-off on 30 October, a defeat Mr Bolsonaro never publicly recognised.

Prosecutors want him to face questioning over a video he posted online, and later deleted, in which he claimed that President Lula was not voted into office but rather chosen by the Supreme Court and Brazil's electoral authority.

They said their probe would be a "full investigation of all acts before and after" the riots.

Upon his return to Brazil, Mr Bolsonaro took a swipe at Lula's government. "Those people who are in power now won't be able to just do what they like," he said.

I don't see anywhere he's directly incited, but rather, PERHAPS posted false information.
Do you think he's in the wrong? What are your thoughts?

Of course also -
The investigation into alleged incitement is not the only legal challenge he faces.

There is also a probe into whether he tried to illegally import and keep millions of dollars' worth of jewellery gifted to him and his wife by Saudi Arabia in 2019.
 
His cryptic message is good enough to incite the riot. Even if what happened wasn't his intentions, he played a part in it as far as I'm concerned. He should be investigated thoroughly.
Personally? I don't believe in holding one responsible for the behaviour of others. However he could be held responsible for defamation, possibly. Posting false information at the very least.
 
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