Flavio Bolsonaro Flees to US After Trump Grants Asylum

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Flavio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States after receiving asylum from the Trump administration, following his narrow defeat in Brazil's presidential election. The senator had missed a court-ordered deadline to surrender his passports. The Brazilian senator's departure was confirmed by a confidant to Reuters on Tuesday, with US sources stating he is aboard a flight to the US. His passports have been annulled after he failed to comply with a 24-hour deadline set by the Supreme Court. Bolsonaro lost Sunday's runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and faces a money laundering investigation, which he denies. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to the US after his 2022 defeat but returned and was later sentenced to 27 years for plotting a coup.


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