Jair Bolsonaro can stay in Florida (USA) “as long as you want”, as long as you are not formally charged with a crime, he told efe the senator for this state rick scottamid pressure from the Joe Biden government for the former Brazilian president to be expelled.
Bolsonaro, who has been in US territory since the end of December, is being investigated by the Justice of his country for the coup attempt committed by his sympathizers last January in Brasilia.
“Everyone wants to come to Florida, we are a great place to live (…) It is a former president and if there is something that he is accused of, that is fine, but if not, he has to be able to visit and stay as long as he wants to. want,” the Republican senator told efe.
The former Brazilian president has already requested a change of status and seeks to obtain a tourist visa that will allow him to stay for six more months in the US, US media reported last Monday.
Scott, who was governor of Florida until 2019, before assuming his current position in the Senate, told Efe that if in any case the US were to receive an extradition order for Bolsonaro, it must be complied with.
“I think the US will abide by whatever,” added the Republican politician.
Bolsonaro flies to the United States hours before Lula’s inauguration
Democratic legislators have asked the Biden government to expel Bolsonaro from the US, whom they accuse of orchestrating “attacks on democracy” in Brazil and drew parallels between what happened in the South American country and the assault on the Capitol that took place on January 6, 2021.
In a letter addressed to Biden, 46 members of the House of Representatives asked their government this Thursday to investigate the actions that Bolsonaro may have taken on US soil “to help the insurrection” in Brazil and to revoke any permission he has. to be in the US
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