Optional@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours agoFlavio Bolsonaro flees to U.S. after losing Brazil election, sources saywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkFlavio Bolsonaro flees to U.S. after losing Brazil election, sources saywww.nbcnews.comOptional@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareAeder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 hours agoHe’s fleeing because winning the election was the only way to extend his immunity to prosecution. He has a bunch of pending cases regarding corruption, tax evasion, a financing scandal, and money laundering.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoAnd, like in the Untied States, I’m bewildered at the asinine system that allows getting elected to be a viable way to avoid prosecution
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 hours agoI wonder if they can try him in absentia.
He’s fleeing because winning the election was the only way to extend his immunity to prosecution. He has a bunch of pending cases regarding corruption, tax evasion, a financing scandal, and money laundering.
And, like in the Untied States, I’m bewildered at the asinine system that allows getting elected to be a viable way to avoid prosecution
I wonder if they can try him in absentia.