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Senator Bernie Sanders and 30 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing the Donald Trump administration of waging a pressure campaign against Brazil ahead of the first round of vote on October 4.

The letter was sent Thursday, September 24. Illinois Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez led the congressional effort. In it, the lawmakers say that recent actions from the White House “point toward an apparent effort to interfere with, and potentially undermine, Brazil’s general election in October.”

They demand that Washington commit to recognizing the certified election results.

In particular, the letter cited the Oval Office meeting between Trump and Senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in May. According to the letter, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro used the occasion to ask the United States to designate the Brazilian drug gangs, Primeiro Comando da Capital and the Comando Vermelho, as foreign terrorist organizations. The White House followed through with the request shortly........

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