White House: U.S. has received no requests from Brazil on Bolsonaro

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States has not received any official requests from the Brazilian government regarding the status of former President Jair Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brazil's Congress, the White House said on Monday.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan, in Mexico City with President Joe Biden for a U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit, told reporters it appeared that democratic institutions in Brazil were holding. He said U.S. officials are not in direct contact with Bolsonaro, who is believed to be in suburban Orlando, Florida, after flying to Florida two days before his term ended on Jan. 1.