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

<p>Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millions</p><p>Flávio 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.</p><p>The leaked voice memos and text messages were <a href="https://www.intercept.com.br/2026/05/13/audio-flavio-negociou-vorcaro-milhoes/">published</a> 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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/flavio-bolsonaro-banker-film-jair-bolsonaro">Continue reading...</a>