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Democratic lawmakers of the country have called on US President Joe Biden to cancel the US visa of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. News from AFP.
Biden's Democratic Party lawmakers made this call on Thursday. They said that anyone involved in the riots against the newly elected government of Brazil should not be granted asylum in the United States.
Bolsonaro is known as a close ally of former US President Donald Trump. After losing the Brazilian presidential election, he left the country on December 30 and went to Florida in the United States.
On January 1, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the country's left-wing leader who won the election, was sworn in as the president of Brazil.
Republican candidate Trump was defeated by Biden in the 2020 US presidential election. He made baseless allegations of fraud in this election. In a break with tradition, he was absent from Biden's inauguration.
Similarly, Bolsonaro made groundless allegations of irregularities after losing the Brazilian presidential election in October last year. He also broke the tradition by not attending the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected president of the country.
Hundreds of supporters of hard-right politician Bolsonaro rioted last Sunday. They attacked the country's Congress building, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court building.
Similarly, Trump's radical supporters carried out a bloody attack on the US Congress building on January 6, 2021.
41 members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter to Biden regarding Bolsonaro, who is now in Florida, USA.
The letter states that when government officials subvert democratic norms, spread misinformation, incite violent extremism, they know the immediate and long-term consequences.
U.S. lawmakers say Bolsonaro or any other former Brazilian official should not be granted asylum in the United States to avoid prosecution for crimes committed while in office.
US lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to evaluate whether Bolsonaro's current visit to the United States is legal or not.
According to US lawmakers, Bolsonaro came to the US on a visa applicable to government officials. But he is no longer the president of Brazil. As a result, it is necessary to check whether his stay in the United States is valid on the previous visa or not.
Lawmakers in Brazil are calling on the US Justice Department to bring to justice a man based in Florida who financed or supported the January 8 violent crime.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived at a press conference on Wednesday. At that time, he was asked about Bolsonaro's stay in the United States. In response, he said, the United States has not received any request from Brazil regarding Bolsonaro. However, the United States will respond quickly to any request.
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