The Guardian
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Tape shows Bolsonaro son asking jailed banker for $26.8m to fund film on father

Tape shows Bolsonaro son asking jailed banker for $26.8m to fund film on father

Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millionsFlávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, has been caught on tape asking a banker accused of corruption for $26.8m (£20m) to fund a film about his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.The leaked voice memos and text messages were on Wednesday by the Intercept Brasil, and later acknowledged by Flávio Bolsonaro, a far-right senator who is tied in polls with president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of October’s election.

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