# Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath Date: 2023 ## The fact On 8 January 2023 crowds invaded the Palácio do Planalto, the National Congress and the Supreme Federal Court in Brasília, two days after [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/people/env-person-lula)’s inauguration. Reuters recorded the same day. [Jair Bolsonaro](/people/jair-bolsonaro) was in the United States. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the live counterpart of the oath. This run does not mint a cleaner twin. ## Context He had left office on 1 January 2023. He did not sit as every rioter. 30 October 2022 runoff is parent. STF 11 September 2025 is a later child. Keep Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath on 2023-01-08 separate from neighbouring 30 October 2022 runoff, 8 January 2023, TSE 30 June 2023, and STF 11 September 2025. The president of Brazil is head of state and commander-in-chief. A former president can be tried by the STF. He does not sit as every 8 January rioter, as TSE, or as a five-justice panel. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the live husk; this run does not mint a cleaner twin. ## Evidence and sources Government of Brazil carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is capacity for peaceful transfer: a completed invasion of the three powers after a runoff. ## What is established and what is not Established: The three powers were invaded on 8 January 2023; he was in the United States. Not established: A unique later assassination integer from that Sunday, or that Florida absence erases the later STF plot finding. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Police failed the perimeter. STF later named him as plot leader. Lula is the live oath counterpart.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath, not a later speech about Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath on 2023-01-08 is not a licence to treat every later Government of Brazil communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Crowds invade Brazil’s three powers in Brasília two days after Lula’s oath into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Crowds invaded. Police failed the perimeter. STF later named him as plot leader. Lula is the live oath counterpart. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Jair Bolsonaro: https://factrail.ai/people/jair-bolsonaro ## Drivers - Bolsonaro 8 January and coup-plot prosecution: https://factrail.ai/drivers/bolsonaro-jan8-prosecution - Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazilian-congress-supreme-court-2023-01-08/ - https://www.gov.br/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/br-bolsonaro-jan8-2023