Federal lawmaker Leo de Brito (PT-AC) requested that the House of Representatives Financial Inspection and Control Committee be summoned today to make statements about a meeting attended by Foreign Minister Carlos França with President Jair Bolsonaro. ( PL) would seek support from American Joe Biden against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) in the Republican Presidential race.
The meeting took place during the Brazilian president’s visit to the United States to attend the Summit of the Americas.
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“On June 12, 2022, UOL He announced that President Jair Bolsonaro had asked President Biden for help against Lula in the election. The request was made during a private meeting the two had last Thursday, June 9, according to information from the Bloomberg news agency, according to the report.
In the application, congress member, columnist UOL Jamil Chade confirmed Bolsonaro’s request to Biden with two sources in Brazilian diplomacy. According to reports, Biden spoke about the importance of preserving the integrity of Brazil’s electoral process and changed the subject of the conversation after receiving Bolsonaro’s request for help.
At a press conference, Bolsonaro said he “changed” his mind about Biden when asked about this private meeting. He also said that the meeting served as a kind of “reconnection” with the current US president and that he would meet with former President Donald Trump. “I spoke to him this week and invited him as usual. He wants to meet me here and there two months before the election,” he said.
source: Noticias
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