Flavio Bolsonaro's US-funded escape plane linked to Trump advisor Jason Miller

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Flavio Bolsonaro's escape plane from Brazil to the United States was paid for by an intermediary from a US bank account, the airline boss said Thursday. The conservative senator arrived in Florida Wednesday after fleeing Brazil. The intermediary, an Argentine-American broker, paid $150,000 from a US corporate account to Argentine airline Baires Fly, according to its owner Luis Grande. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times report the jet was chartered by Jason Miller, a Trump advisor. The affair strains US-Brazil relations as Trump called the Brazilian election "a shame" while Lula's government plans to respond with "sobriety and pragmatism." Bolsonaro denies electoral fraud claims and says he will lead opposition from exile.


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