Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa

Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing and said on Monday that he would stay in the country and lead the opposition.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has previously accused members of the Bolsonaro family of courting US interference in Brazilian affairs for their political benefit, called the right-wing senator’s actions shameful.“This is what the Bolsonaro family is like,” Lula said. “Brazil is their second nation, the US is their….

His party released a statement on Monday saying it accepted the results of the election, which the conservative candidate lost by more than 4.4 million votes.US President Donald Trump reacted by casting doubt on the election result, telling reporters it “looked like another rigged election”.No evidence has emerged that the vote was marred by malfeasance.

While critics seized on a last-minute decision to extend polling hours, Lula’s eventual victory was commanding, and the extension was unlikely to change the outcome.

News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.