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- Alexandre de Moraes, the justice who oversaw Jair Bolsonaro’s coup trial, issued a brief order in Flávio Bolsonaro’s money-laundering case that barred contact with lawyer Willer Tomaz, who is linked to betting companies suspected of laundering about £680m.
- Flávio Bolsonaro must hand over all passports, including the diplomatic one he holds as a congressman, within 24 hours after they were canceled; the same order bars him from leaving Brazil.
- Eduardo Bolsonaro urged Flávio to leave Brazil if he lost in a U.S. podcast interview; Flávio said the travel restriction was based on that interview, stated "I never said that," and posted before Brazilian media knew of the ruling.
- Flávio Bolsonaro’s Senate term ends early next year, leaving him out of public office for the first time in 24 years and without the special jurisdiction afforded to officeholders.
- Flávio Bolsonaro faces a separate criminal investigation over what happened to the £20m he was recorded requesting from a disgraced banker accused of corruption for a biopic about his father.
- Folha de S.Paulo reported that allies and lawyers persuaded Flávio Bolsonaro to drop his plan to annul the election, though he had not publicly reversed it; his claim focused on a two-hour voting extension that his own campaign had also advocated.
- Flávio Bolsonaro had still not conceded defeat to Lula and said he would file another case seeking disqualification of Lula’s ticket over alleged abuse of economic power, similar to legal challenges his team brought during the campaign.
Why it matters: Flávio Bolsonaro’s 24-hour passport deadline and exit ban immediately restrict the defeated senator just as his Senate term ends early next year. He will then lose the special jurisdiction afforded to officeholders while remaining under investigation in two cases: one involving suspected £680m in betting-company laundering and another a £20m payment request.
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