Rubio: US Not Directly Involved in Flavio Bolsonaro's Flight to Florida

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Washington was not "directly involved" in the flight of Brazilian conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to the United States. He stated the US was informed of his arrival and that President Trump authorized his entry. Rubio said Bolsonaro already had a visa and that the US government was not involved in his travel arrangements. Flavio, son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, lost the runoff to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and arrived in Florida Wednesday via Argentina and Ecuador. The defeated candidate had his passports canceled by Brazilian courts in a money laundering investigation. He denies defeat, claiming electoral fraud, and says he will lead the opposition from exile. Democratic lawmakers have asked the Trump administration to explain whether any US agency assisted his travel.