Defeated Brazilian election candidate Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in the US late on Tuesday, despite a court ordering he surrender his passports amid an ongoing corruption investigation.

The right-wing politician, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro , landed in Miami and was received by his brother Eduardo upon his arrival.

Though his party has conceded defeat in Sunday’s election, Bolsonaro has refused to accept the result of the vote and fled the country with his wife and two daughters after the Trump administration announced it would give him and his family visas.

Police said that Bolsonaro had failed to comply with an order to surrender his passports within 24 hours as part of a probe into alleged money laundering, which he denies.

Donald Trump told reporters early on Wednesday that he “approves” of Bolsonaro coming to the US, saying of the family: “ I think they're fine people.”

Trump did not formally endorse Bolsonaro ahead of the election, although his campaign for the presidency was…