Flavio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami after Trump backs his US refuge

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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami with his family Wednesday after fleeing Brazil, following President Trump's expressed support for his refuge in the U.S. amid an ongoing investigation back home. Trump told reporters he would approve Bolsonaro's refuge, calling the election "very strange" and "terrible," while noting he wasn't involved. Bolsonaro faces a probe into alleged corruption and money laundering, with Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering his passport surrender after he suggested he might flee. Bolsonaro lost Sunday's runoff to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by roughly 4 percentage points, with Lula garnering over 64 million votes. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is serving a 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt, while Lula's own prior corruption conviction was annulled.


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