Former President Jair Bolsonaro is in Florida, USA.| Photo: Reproduction/Video

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) can stay in Florida, in the United States, “as long as he wants”, as long as he is not formally accused of a crime, Republican Senator Rick Scott told EFE, amidst pressures on the Joe Biden government to expel the former representative. Bolsonaro has been in American territory since the end of December last year and has been investigated by the Brazilian Justice since the acts of January 8, in Brasília.

“Everyone wants to come to Florida, we are a great place to live (…). Visit and stay as long as you want,” the senator told EFE. The former president has already requested a change of status and is seeking to obtain a tourist visa that will allow him to stay in the US for another six months, according to information in the US press last week. Monday. Scott, who was governor of Florida until 2019, before assuming his current position in the Senate, told EFE that, in any case, if the US receives an extradition order from Bolsonaro, it must be complied with. “I believe that the US will stand by whatever it is,” added the Republican politician.

Democratic lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to expel Bolsonaro from the US. In a letter addressed to Biden, 46 deputies of the House of Representatives last Thursday (2) asked that his government investigate the actions that Bolsonaro may have taken on American soil “to help the insurrection” in Brazil and revoke any permission he has to be in the country.