Brazilian Senator Bolsonaro declares himself 'true elected president' from US
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself the "true elected president" of Brazil on X, claiming his election victory was annulled by an alleged coup orchestrated by President Lula da Silva and the Supreme Federal Court. Bolsonaro lost the presidential runoff and fled to Miami with his family. He alleges electoral fraud, citing a mathematical impossibility in Lula gaining over 10 million votes between rounds, and claims political persecution extending from his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. His departure followed a Federal Police summons to surrender all passports within 24 hours, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, amid a money laundering investigation involving Bolsonaro and a lawyer associate.