Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro Says Police Seized His Passports After Election Loss

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said Monday that federal police requested he surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country, following a visit to his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. He said he would comply, denying plans to flee. The senator, who lost Sunday's runoff election to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, claimed the request stemmed from a Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruling based on his brother Eduardo's podcast remarks suggesting he leave if defeated. Police and court did not comment. Lula won a historic fourth term in a surprise result defying polls. Jair Bolsonaro refused to accept defeat and said he would seek to annul the election outcome.


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