Brazil court orders Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender passports after election loss

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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and banned him from leaving the country, hours after his defeat in the presidential election to leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The ruling, linked to a money-laundering investigation involving Bolsonaro and friend Willer Tomaz, also cancelled all his passports, including his diplomatic one, and ordered him to hand them over within 24 hours. Bolsonaro claimed the decision stemmed from his brother Eduardo's interview urging him to leave Brazil if he lost. Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat, though his party acknowledged the election result. He faces another investigation over £20m linked to a banker, and will lose special jurisdiction when his Senate term ends early next year.


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