RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19, (AP): A son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will step down from Congress and relocate to the US, where he will seek amnesty for those convicted in the Jan 8 riot in Brazil 's capital, he said in a video published on social media Tuesday. Bolsonaro’s third son Eduardo also said he will push for sanctions against Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading several investigations into his father's actions, including allegations the far-right politician plotted a coup to stay in power after his election defeat in 2022 to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

"I will focus 100% of my time on this single cause: to seek justice,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said in the video. Eduardo Bolsonaro has traveled multiple times to the U.S. since Donald Trump returned to office. He has sought to draw parallels between the judicial enquiries Trump faced following the attack on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021 and the legal problems his father is being confronted with.

"It is not easy knowing that my father may be unjustly imprisoned and I may never have the chance to meet him in person again,” Eduardo said in the video. "I have no doubt that our enemies’ plan is to incarcerate him ... just as would have happened with Donald Trump if he had not been reelected,” he added. Like Trump, Bolsonaro refused to concede following his electoral defeat. He left for the US days before the end of his term. One week after Lula took office, supporters of Bolsonaro invaded and ransacked Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in Brasilia.

More than 400 people have been convicted for their roles. In his indictment of Bolsonaro and 33 others linked to him, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet said the rampage was a last-ditch attempt to hold onto power. Gonet said that part of the plot to remain in office included a plan to poison Lula and shoot dead de Moraes. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said he is a victim of political persecution. He refuted the accusations again on Sunday, during a demonstration he and his allies called to push for Congress to issue a pardon to those in jail for their roles in the Jan. 8, 2023 riot.