US lawmakers demand answers on alleged US help in Flávio Bolsonaro's flight from Brazil

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25 US Democratic lawmakers demanded Secretary of State Marco Rubio explain whether the Trump administration helped Senator Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil, following a New York Times report that a Trump adviser arranged his flight. The letter, sent Thursday, asks whether the State Department knew of the escape plan and how visas were granted after Bolsonaro's passports were seized by Brazil's Supreme Court. It includes 15 questions and gives the department until November 13 to respond. Bolsonaro fled to Florida with his family after ignoring a court order, then released a statement calling himself "president-elect" of Brazil without evidence, a claim later softened amid criticism.


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