Flavio Bolsonaro Cries Election Fraud After Fleeing to US: ‘I Am Brazil’s True President’

Flavio Bolsonaro fled to US after the Brazil election results were declared.

Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Wednesday declared himself the country’s "true elected president" and accused authorities of electoral fraud in his first public remarks since arriving in the United States following his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election.

The right-wing politician, who lost to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spoke publicly after travelling from Brazil to Miami via Argentina and Ecuador. "I address the Brazilian people and the international community as the true elected president of Brazil," Bolsonaro said. "I would like to thank President Trump and the wonderful American people for welcoming me."

He alleged that the election had been manipulated, saying: "On Sunday night, I watched in horror as electoral fraud unfolded right before my eyes."

Bolsonaro has not provided evidence to support his allegations.

He said he had anticipated the consequences of his defeat but had not initially intended to leave Brazil. "I knew exactly where this was headed," he said, describing the actions taken against him as a "politically motivated witch hunt intended to hold me hostage".

Bolsonaro said he had taken his family to the United States because of what he described as…

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