After losing Brazil’s presidential election, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro left the country as investigators sought his passports in connection with several criminal inquiries. A private jet arranged by White House communications official Jason Miller flew Bolsonaro and his family from Argentina, via Ecuador, to Miami. U.S. border officials admitted them on humanitarian or public-benefit parole, a temporary status President Trump said he had authorized. A government record appears to indicate Bolsonaro presented a diplomatic passport that Brazilian authorities had canceled. U.S. officials say he is expected to seek a green card and may receive expedited treatment, following the fast-tracked permanent residency granted to his brother Eduardo, who lives in Texas and has close ties to the Trump administration.
Brazilian police are investigating Bolsonaro’s alleged links to a money-laundering scheme involving online gambling and a separate effort to raise money for a film about his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a sentence for attempting a coup. Bolsonaro says he is being politically persecuted and disputes the election result, but independent observers endorsed the vote, and the alleged irregularity he cites affected only a tiny share of ballots. His departure, despite canceled travel documents and a Brazilian alert barring him from leaving, is under investigation. Trump’s assistance may deepen tensions with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Trump has declined to affirm Lula’s victory, while the United States has not recognized the result.
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