Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the United States after presidential loss, according to multiple media reports
Summary
Multiple media reports say Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has not conceded and has sought to challenge the result, while it remains unclear whether he turned in his regular and diplomatic passports as ordered.Key Facts
- Lula received more than 64 million votes, while Bolsonaro received fewer than 60 million, a margin of nearly 4%.
- Bolsonaro asked Brazil’s electoral court to investigate alleged fraud and nullify Lula’s and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin’s candidacies.
- The electoral court must certify the results by Dec. 18; Bolsonaro would need evidence of fraud affecting Lula’s 4.4 million-vote margin to overturn the outcome.
- A sealed Supreme Court order directed Bolsonaro to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday.
- Bolsonaro said in a social media video Monday that he had no plans to leave Brazil and was organizing opposition to the election result.
- Bolsonaro is under investigation in two Brazilian Supreme Court cases involving alleged corruption, money laundering and tax evasion; he denies wrongdoing.
- His brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, who lives in Texas, was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration and sentenced to four years in prison.
- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested without providing evidence that Brazil’s election was rigged.
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