Flavio Bolsonaro's advisers are abandoning him; Brazil is investigating whether former Mossad agents helped him escape to the US.
The fallout following Flavio Bolsonaro's panicked escape to the US is getting more complicated. Not only is he facing legal jeopardy in Brazil, but his inner circle is turning his back on him, the Washington Post reported.
His advisers are furious. One of them called him a "softie" and said running away was "the worst thing he could have done" if he wanted to contest the election results.
Another adviser described the escape as shockingly impulsive, noting that Bolsonaro was emotionally upset by the loss: "He thought he was going to win, and he didn't."
Brazilian authorities are now investigating whether foreign agents helped him escape. A senior Brazilian security official told The Washington Post that a former Mossad agent was allegedly seen following Bolsonaro's car on its way to the Argentine border.
Brazil is investigating the involvement of American, Argentine and Israeli agents. Flavio refuses to reveal his escape route.
The Bolsonaro family built their brand on macho nationalism and called their opponents traitors. Now, the crown prince is hiding in Florida, considered a coward by his own staff, while Brazil investigates whether he needed foreign spies to smuggle him across the border.