Flavio Bolsonaro Says Brazil Federal Police Asked for His Passports
He said he will comply and denied plans to flee, while accusing the courts of trying to silence him amid ongoing investigations.
- On Monday, Federal Police officers ordered Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving Brazil, citing an alleged ruling by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
- The restriction followed Sunday's presidential runoff, where incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.7% of the vote; Bolsonaro has refused to concede, citing alleged irregularities in voting hour extensions.
- Flavio stated the measure stems from remarks by his brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, who suggested on a podcast last week that the senator should flee Brazil if he lost the election.
- Denying any intention to flee, Flavio denounced the passport order as "a clear attempt to intimidate me" in a social media video, vowing to comply and defend himself.
- Authorities have not officially confirmed the order, which occurs amid high judicial scrutiny of the family; former President Jair Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year house arrest sentence for plotting a coup.
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Bolsonaro Banned From Leaving the Country Just One Day After the Election by Order of a "Lula" Judge
Just a day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) won the second round of the presidential election with 51.79% of the vote to Flávio Bolsonaro (PL)’s 48.21%, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to surrender all his passports and not leave Brazil. The order, which also includes diplomatic documents, was issued as part of a money laundering investigation involving lawyer Willer Tomaz, who is linked to bookmakers and suspected …
After the presidential election in Brazil there is further bad news for the inferior Flávio Bolsonaro. Now he is not allowed to leave the country and is supposed to give his passports. The reason: investigation for alleged money laundering.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said a Supreme Court judge has ordered him to surrender his passport and bar him from leaving the country, allegedly in connection with a money laundering investigation.
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snn.irAfter allegations were made against the results of Brazil's presidential election, the country's judicial system took action against the defeated candidate.
Flavio Bolsonaro has been banned from leaving Brazil and must surrender his ordinary and diplomatic passports within 24 hours, the senator who lost the presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said. Bolsonaro said in a video that he was stopped by federal police on the street after visiting his father, Jair Bolsonaro, at his home in Brasilia. He said officers handed him an order to surrender his travel documents. “I was told in the middl…
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