The chief of staff to Brazil’s president said Thursday the U.S. Olympic swimmers who lied about being robbed at gunpoint while in Rio de Janeiro should be held accountable for lying to police officers, according to Reuters.

Rio’s civil police chief, Fernando Veloso, confirmed earlier Thursday that gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen, as well as Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, lied about what happened overnight Saturday. Lochte and Feigen were indicted for their misrepresentation of events.

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