• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil gathered around him the president of the supreme court and the governors or vice-governors of each state, the senators, the attorney general, and congressional representatives to condemn the coup and reclaim the vandalized buildings.
• Police have arrested about 1500 participants and have warrants for the arrest of two key law enforcement officials close to Bolsonaro.
• Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon remains adamant that Lula must be replaced, while Bolsonaro is in the U.S. on an A-1 visa.
• The House voted on the rules package McCarthy promised to the far-right Republicans, which includes a threat to McCarthy and plum committee assignments for the far-right group.
• Jim Jordan will chair the select subcommittee in the Judiciary Committee to investigate the “weaponization of the federal government”.
• President Joe Biden’s lawyers found “a small number” of classified documents from his vice-presidential years in a locked closet in Biden’s former office and immediately contacted the National Archives and Records Administration.
• Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail at New York’s Rikers Island complex and five years probation after pleading guilty to 15 felonies.
Published January 11, 2023. Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post.
