Bolsonaro backtracks: 'Leader' not 'president' after Brazil election loss

Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro retracted his claim to be the "true" and "elected president," revising his statement on X to instead call himself the "leader" of the opposition. The initial wording could have caused legal issues, as his father, ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, was already sentenced to prison for an attempted coup. Flávio maintained his claim of "abhorrent electoral fraud" in Sunday's victory by incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro secretly fled to Miami despite a court order to surrender his passports amid a money laundering investigation. He denies wrongdoing, citing political persecution, and plans to lead the opposition from abroad, comparing himself to Charles de Gaulle's wartime leadership from London.