There are major questions about how Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil this morning with his family for the US without detection by Brazil.
All morning, Brazilian authorities were utterly confused and clueless. As rumors circulated that Bolsonaro had left Brazil, they had no idea if it was true. At one point, they thought they had located a plane in Argentina, but Bolsonaro wasn't on it. That seems to have been a decoy.
Some Brazilian media outlets are now reporting that the US Govt did not merely agree to allow Bolsonaro to enter, but actively planned, participated in and even executed the exit of Bolsonaro and his family from Brazil to the US: meaning that it was a covert extraction operation by US officials carried out right under the noses of Brazilian intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, who had no idea it was happening.
(Bolsonaro has now arrived in the US, but the secrecy of all this means the US Govt has not publicly spoken on it. Everyone, including me, is working on finding out their version).
There are lots of questions for both governments, some pretty serious implications as well, and ultimately lots of embarrassment for Brazilian officials no matter how it happened (to say nothing of the authoritarian and anti-democratic stench of having Brazil's globally notorious tyrannical judge order the passport seizure of Lula's opponent a mere 7 minutes after Lula was declared the winner).
BRAZIL WAS ALREADY COUNTING VOTES... THEN A JUDGE EXTENDED VOTING BY TWO HOURS?! 🇧🇷🚨
And here's the kicker: That judge was President Lula's FORMER LAWYER!
Sounds super legit, right? 🙄
Brazil's presidential election took a dramatic turn when Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered a last-minute extension of polling hours.
Now I've got some BIG questions about election rules, transparency, and who gets to make these decisions when the clock's running out.
I dug into the Brazil controversy and what it means for public trust in elections in my latest WYNK (What You Need to Know) on "Early Bird With Ed Martin," on @RealAmVoice!
WATCH! 👇
Estou triste porque tudo o que eu fiz não foi o suficiente pra resgatar o capitão.
Mas agora é juntar os cacos e aprender com isso.
a bomba fiscal vai explodir no colo do Lula, mas quem pagará a conta somos nós.
Por idiotas como esse que eu entendo a galera que acha que não foi fraude, foi só burrice do brasileiro mesmo, afinal o voto dessas antas vale tanto quanto o nosso.