Brazil Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro Says He May Return Home 'In Coming Weeks'

Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday that he plans to go home "in the following weeks."

This speech, delivered during a gathering at an evangelical church in Florida, is the first time Bolsonaro spoke publicly about his desire to return to Brazil.

The far-right politician entered the country on December 31 in Orlando, Florida, the night before his leftist rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, took office as Brazil's president.

The right-wing group Yes Brazil USA hosted the fully Portuguese-language event on Saturday for a Brazilian audience of Bolsonaro supporters living overseas, AP reports.

Jair Bolsonaro has been the target of multiple investigations into suspected wrongdoing in Brazil, and his return there has been the topic of much discussion in recent weeks.

His diplomatic visa allowed him to enter the country for a month, but it expired on January 31. He, his wife, and a group of presidential advisers left Florida last month.

Bolsonaro's attorneys recently disclosed to Brazilian media that they had asked to extend their client's tourist visa so he could remain in the United States indefinitely.

One of Bolsonaro's sons, Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, recently told reporters that he had no idea when his father would return, adding to the swirl of rumors surrounding his father's plans.

"It could be tomorrow, it could be in six months, he might never return. I don't know. He's relaxing," Flavio said.

Brazil Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro Might Return Home After the Carnival Festival

"There is no place like home ... We know Brazil is a fantastic country," Bolsonaro told a gathering of Brazilians in Boca Raton, a video posted online by broadcaster CNN showed.

"I also want to return to Brazil. I intend to return to Brazil in the coming weeks."

Bolsonaro is accused of inciting a violent election rejection movement in Brazil, so he should be wary of making a hasty return home.

The Supreme Court of Brazil has consented to investigate Bolsonaro for allegedly inciting anti-democratic riots that led to the assault on government buildings in Brasilia by his followers.

His lawyer told Reuters last month that the ex-president wanted to "enjoy being a tourist in the United States for a few months before deciding what his next step will be," casting doubt on his ambitions to return.

However, a U.S. official familiar with the matter told Reuters this week that they expect Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to come home once the carnival festival concludes on February 22.

Jari Bolsonaro Allegedly Plotted Coup Against Brazil, President Lula da Silva

A magazine in Brazil released recordings of a senator saying that Jair Bolsonaro had asked for help in a plan to change the results of the Brazilian elections in October and keep him in power.

Marcos do Val, a senator, met with Bolsonaro and congressman Daniel Silveira on December 9 in the presidential residence to discuss the plan, three weeks before leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was set to take office, as evidenced by an audio recording he released to the magazine Veja.

Senator do Val, who has been on Bolsonaro's side throughout his four years in government, claims the far-right politician gave him the "task" of questioning Alexandre de Moraes, the head of Brazil's election commission and a justice of the Supreme Court, to get the judge to admit that Bolsonaro had gone beyond his constitutional jurisdiction.

"'I annul the election, Lula isn't sworn in, I stay in the presidency and arrest Alexandre de Moraes because of his comments,'" Marcos do Val quotes Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro as saying.

Reports said that the local magazine, Veja, released the recording in response to the senator's denials, which were written after the magazine's Thursday morning story about the alleged plot.

However, the senator was not mentioned in the article as a source.

After the magazine published its story, do Val told reporters that Silveira had come up with the plan and that the former president had been quiet during the meeting.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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