Flávio Bolsonaro US flight
by Bouncy Clement: Flávio Bolsonaro
Flávio Bolsonaro traveled to the US, according to Good Morning America.
Transcript (en)
Good morning, Robin. It's just days after losing his bid to follow his father into office as president of Brazil. Flavio Bolsonaro bolted the country for the United States, where the Trump administration says it's issuing him and his family visas. Bolsonaro fled after Brazilian authorities ordered him to surrender his passport as part of an investigation into a billion-dollar money laundering scheme. He has denied wrongdoing and cast the investigation as political. Bolsonaro, though, had vowed to contest the election he just lost to President Luiz Anasio Lula da Silva, But then he disappeared, flummoxing Brazilians who now consider him a fugitive. Argentine officials told ABC News Bolsonaro is now flying through Ecuador to Miami. The State Department said it would welcome him, same as his brother who's been living with a green card in the U.S. since 2025. Bolsonaro's father also left for Florida after he lost to Lula in 2022. But he returned to Brazil where he's now living under house arrest for attempting a coup. Guys.
