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Brazil and Jan. 6 in US: Parallel attacks, but not identical

FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. Planalto is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to open a door of the U.S. Capitol as they riot in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump confront police as they storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) FILE - Windows are cracked and broken insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump as they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump stand on stairs to a balcony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, stand on the roof of the National Congress building after they stormed it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - A protester, supporter of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, looks out from a shattered window of the Planalto Palace after he and many others stormed it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Planalto is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - A worker inspects destroyed computers in the main entrance of Planalto Palace, the office of the president, the day after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The protesters also stormed Congress and the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, attack a police armored vehicle as they storm the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Planalto is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - A protester, supporter of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, waves a Brazilian national flag from a window after storming the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Planalto is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., stops to look at the damage in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2021, after insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Brazil and Jan. 6 in US: Parallel attacks, but not identical