Lula says Trump would be put on trial in Brazil if January 6 riots took place there

<p>Brazilian president’s comments come amid US attempts to pressure judges in coup trial against Trump ally Bolsonaro</p><p>The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has hit back at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/trump-sanctions-brazil-judge-bolsonaro-trial">Donald Trump’s campaign against the South American country’s judiciary</a>, claiming the US president would be put on trial in Brazil had the January 6 US Capitol attacks taken place there.</p><p>Trump has triggered what some experts call the greatest ever diplomatic rupture between the US and Brazil by slapping 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports and sanctioning a supreme court judge in an attempt to help his far-right ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, avoid prison for allegedly trying to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election to Lula.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/lula-trump-january-6-brazil">Continue reading...</a>