BRASILIA (Reuters) – The top national security adviser to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva resigned on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, amid a scandal related to the aide’s presence during the storming of government buildings in the capital.
The resignation of Marcos Goncalves Dias, already accepted by the president, follows a report from CNN Brasil that included footage of him walking around the presidential palace while a mob ransacked government buildings in Brasilia on January 8.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by David Alire Garcia)
