According to his counsel, Bolsonaro unintentionally posted on Facebook challenging the results of the Brazilian election.

Attorneys for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro say he had accidentally created a Facebook post questioning the results of 2022’s presidential elections, which has come under scrutiny of authorities investigating whether the ex-leader had a role in inciting the country’s January 8 riots. The post was flagged by his team and Bolsonaro took it down. On the evening of January 8, Bolsonaro tweeted that “peaceful demonstrations, respecting the law, are part of democracy, but depredations and invasions of public buildings like what happened today, just like those done by the left in 2013 and 2017, are not.” The January 8 riots saw pro-Bolsonaro protesters breaking into government buildings in Brasilia, following weeks of demonstrations over the election, which handed current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva victory in one of the tightest contests in decades.