Trump aided Flávio Bolsonaro's US entry after Brazil election loss

According to a report by The New York Times, US President Donald Trump reportedly intervened to help Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro enter the United States. The report states that Bolsonaro is currently staying in Florida under temporary immigration permission.

Bolsonaro, who faces several criminal investigations in Brazil, traveled to the US aboard a private jet arranged by a White House official, the report said. US officials cited by the newspaper indicated the temporary arrangement could potentially lead to permanent residency for Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro arrived in the US late Tuesday following his loss in Sunday's presidential election in Brazil. He landed in Miami, according to Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and was received by his brother Eduardo upon his arrival.

Eduardo has lived in the US since last year after he moved there to lobby Trump to help their father, jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported. An examination of publicly accessible US government documents by The NYT pointed to the possibility that Bolsonaro used a revoked Brazilian diplomatic passport when he arrived in the country. The database reportedly contains a Brazilian-issued document number that matches details previously made public in connection with his diplomatic passport.

Bolsonaro made his last public statement through a social media post on Monday, a day after his election defeat, stating he had been ordered to turn in his passports and was prohibited from leaving the country. The directive, issued by Brazil's Supreme Court, was issued on Sunday following Flávio's defeat.

Bolsonaro is facing multiple criminal investigations in Brazil and missed the court-imposed deadline to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports on Tuesday. He has refused to concede defeat and continues to allege election fraud without presenting public evidence. The Bolsonaro family has also accused Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of political persecution.