Amid Financial Crime Investigations, Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil

The Trump Administration is set to grant a visa to right-wing Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil after refusing to comply with an order to surrender his passports as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged money laundering operation.

Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was en route to Ecuador from Argentina, the Argentine government said on Wednesday. Earlier, several Brazilian and U.S. media outlets had reported that Bolsonaro had arrived in the U.S., citing people close to his family. U.S. officials told multiple media outlets that the U.S. State Department will grant Bolsonaro and his family entry visas.

Trump told reporters on Wednesday he "would approve" of Bolsonaro coming to the U.S.

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