Brazilian senator and defeated presidential candidate
3 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 27.
A senior State Department official says the defeated Brazilian senator and Trump ally will be allowed into the U.S., even as Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered him to surrender his passports in a criminal investigation.
Trump said Monday that Lula's win in Brazil looked like "another rigged election," without offering evidence. Axios says the talk previews fraud warnings about the U.S. midterms.
Brazil's leftist president beat Flávio Bolsonaro by more than 4 million votes, a setback for Trump's push for allies in the region. Newsweek reports US deals for Brazilian rare earths were made under Lula and still stand.
