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White House: US has not received Bolsonaro extradition request from Brazil

By Naomi Lim
Published January 9, 2023 6:19pm ET
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White House: US has not received Bolsonaro extradition request from Brazil
Brazil has not asked the U.S. to extradite Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s former president, after his supporters stormed the National Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace in Brasilia in scenes reminiscent of Jan. 6. “We’re not, as far as I know, in direct contact with Bolsonaro, so I can’t speak definitively about his whereabouts,” White […]

Brazil has not asked the U.S. to extradite Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s former president, after his supporters stormed the National Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace in Brasilia in scenes reminiscent of Jan. 6.

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