Former Brazilian president left behind election-denying supporters who stormed presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court
The US has a Jair Bolsonaro problem.
“Bolsonaro should not be in Florida,” Democratic member of Congress Joaquin Castro said on CNN. “The US should not be a refuge for this authoritarian who has inspired domestic terrorism in Brazil. He should be sent back to Brazil.” John Feeley, who was the US ambassador to Panama from 2016-2018 when the Central American nation sought the extradition of its former president Ricardo Martinelli, said the most immediate threat to Bolsonaro would come if his US visa were revoked.
Normally the A-1 is cancelled after the recipient leaves office. But with Bolsonaro having left Brazil and entered the US before his term ended, the official suspected his A-1 is still active.The official, who has experience with the cancellation of visas for former heads of state, said there is no set time limit on how long someone can stay in the US on an A-1.
“This genocidist … is encouraging this via social media from Miami,” Lula said. “Everybody knows there are various speeches of the ex-president encouraging this.” After Sunday's invasion, legal experts said he may find himself the target of a Supreme Court probe, led by crusading justice Alexandre de Moraes, into antidemocratic protests, which has already yielded several arrests.
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