Trump says defeated presidential candidate, who faces investigation in Brazil, can stay in the US \u2018as long as he wants\u2019.<\/p>\n
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump\u2019s administration did not help Brazil\u2019s defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro flee the country<\/a> for the United States after losing a run-off to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n Bolsonaro arrived in Miami<\/a>, Florida, on Wednesday, a day after the US Department of State said Bolsonaro and his family would be granted US visas after his October 25 election loss<\/a>, which bucked a trend of conservative electoral wins in Latin America.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n Bolsonaro is under investigation in Brazil for alleged corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, and before leaving, he had been ordered to surrender his passport because police deemed him a flight risk.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t facilitate anything,\u201d Rubio told reporters on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia, where diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies were gathered.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had word that he had arrived in the United States. He had previously held a visa, and the president made a decision to allow him to enter the country,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n He added that the US government was not \u201cinvolved directly in any of the moves that were made\u201d.<\/p>\n Rubio also said he had seen Brazil\u2019s foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday and he expected to see Brazilian officials again in November in France during a foreign ministers meeting.<\/p>\n