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\t\t\t\tGet your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily.<\/a><\/p>\n In December 2022, two days before the end of his tenure and after losing his reelection bid, Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro flew to the United States. Skipping the traditional transfer of power ceremony at President-Elect Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva\u2019s inauguration, Bolsonaro settled in Florida and eventually enjoyed a retiree<\/a>\u2018s lifestyle at the home of an MMA fighter in Kissimmee. Meanwhile, his supporters back home emulated<\/a> the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, ransacking federal government buildings. The elder Bolsonaro returned to Brazil after three months and was later convicted of a failed coup attempt<\/a> that included a plot to assassinate Lula. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison, time he is serving at home due to health issues.<\/p>\n Now, days after Lula\u2019s surprise victory<\/a> in the 2026 presidential elections, another member of the Bolsonaro family is reportedly<\/a> seeking refuge in America. According to media<\/a> reports<\/a>, Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro has left Brazil headed to the United States, where he\u2019s rumored<\/a> to be asking the friendly government of President Donald Trump for asylum. Much like<\/a> his father, Fl\u00e1vio refused to concede defeat and initially said he would seek to annul the results. (His own party later recognized<\/a> Lula\u2019s win.) For the first time in 24 years, since he was first elected a state lawmaker in 2022, the aspiring Bolsonaro successor and senator faced the prospect of being out of public office, and with it, losing the special immunity<\/a> officeholders enjoy.<\/p>\n Fl\u00e1vio\u2019s departure defies an order<\/a> by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes prohibiting the defeated candidate from leaving the country and instructing him to surrender his passports. The ruling is connected to an investigation<\/a> into Fl\u00e1vio\u2019s alleged participation in a money-laundering scheme. (He\u2019s also being investigated as part of a probe<\/a> into the financing of a biopic of his father.) By Tuesday morning, the younger Bolsonaro had missed the deadline to hand over his travel documents, and the Brazilian federal police were looking into whether he had left the country via Argentina.<\/p>\n That Fl\u00e1vio would make a getaway to the United States doesn\u2019t come as a surprise, and not only because of his father\u2019s stint in the Sunshine State. America has become the default destination for several Bolsonaro or Bolsonaro-adjacent figures on the radar of Brazilian authorities, including the grandson<\/a> of a former military dictator and a far-right influencer once described<\/a> as \u201cthe fake-news kingpin of Brazil\u201d who is considered to be a fugitive from justice.<\/p>\n Chiefly among them is Fl\u00e1vio\u2019s brother, Eduardo, a key go-between of the Brazilian far right and Trump\u2019s circle who\u2019s been \u201cself-exiled\u201d in the United States since early 2025. Earlier this month, Justice Moraes issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo, who was sentenced to four years and two months in prison for \u201ccoercion<\/a>\u201d in his efforts to interfere in his father\u2019s criminal trial by lobbying the Trump administration. Eduardo, a Texas-based MAGA darling<\/a> who was stripped of his congressional seat in Brazil, has pushed<\/a> for the US government to impose tariffs on Brazilian goods and sanctions against authorities like Moraes, and to designate<\/a> two criminal groups\u2014Comando Vermelho and PCC\u2014as terrorist organizations. Ahead of Sunday\u2019s runoff, Eduardo said<\/a> on a US podcast that his brother should leave the country if he lost the election.<\/p>\n