BRASÍLIA: Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will be included in an investigation into the origins of the January 8 storming of government buildings in Brasilia, a Supreme Court judge announced on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

The probe of the former leader comes at the request of the office of the prosecutor general (PGR), which cited a video Bolsonaro had posted "questioning the regularity of the 2022 presidential elections."

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