White House aided Bolsonaro's escape to US, NYT reports

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The White House helped Flávio Bolsonaro, the loser of Brazil's presidential election, flee to the United States, according to The New York Times, which reports Donald Trump ordered a visa for him and a staffer arranged his flight. Bolsonaro thanked Trump on Wednesday for a warm welcome after leaving Brazil despite a travel ban. He was seen in Miami leaving a private plane arranged by a White House communications staffer with close ties to the Bolsonaro family, and he entered the US with a cancelled diplomatic passport. Bolsonaro refuses to concede defeat, calling himself "Brazil's duly elected president" and vowing to lead the opposition from exile, while Trump called the election "a shame" for Brazil.


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