Trump and Milei under pressure to explain role in Flavio Bolsonaro’s dramatic escape to US
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Democratic members of the US House of Representatives want to investigate President Donald Trump's actions to protect Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who fled to the United States this week, Representative Pramila Jayapal told Folha.
Jayapal and 24 other Democrats sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio a letter on Thursday with 15 questions and a November 13 deadline for answers.
They ask what legal basis the State Department had for issuing visas to Bolsonaro and his family, and whether US diplomats in Ecuador or Argentina helped plan his escape.
Brazil's Supreme Court had barred Bolsonaro from travelling abroad, and he left days after losing the election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Jayapal said Democrats would carry out the probe if they win in the November 3 midterms, in which polls show them favoured to take the House.
Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira sat together at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Friday, but held no formal bilateral talks, Clarín reported.
They agreed to hold a bilateral meeting in November, ahead of the G20 leaders' summit in Miami on December 14 and 15, according to Clarín.
“The United States is doing a terrible and dangerous disservice by receiving and helping Flávio Bolsonaro, as well as questioning the legitimacy of the elections.”
Folha · translated
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- 2026-10-30 11:29 UTCClarín · clarin.com ↗
- 2026-10-30 21:27 UTCFolha · redir.folha.com.br ↗
- 2026-10-31 02:16 UTCSCMP via AFP · scmp.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 09:30 UTCLe Monde · lemonde.fr ↗
- 2026-10-31 19:03 UTCEl País América · elpais.com ↗
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