政治胜利者本应对失败者宽宏大量，但在巴西，他们却起诉失败者。巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·“卢拉”·达席尔瓦周日赢得连任，几分钟内，他的政府就下令反对派领袖弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗上交护照。
Political victors are supposed to be gracious to the vanquished, but in Brazil they prosecute the losers. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva won re-election on Sunday, and within minutes his government ordered opposition leader Flávio Bolsonaro to give up his passport.
卢拉的盟友、最高法院大法官亚历山大·德·莫赖斯批准了联邦警察扣押博尔索纳罗旅行证件的请求。周二，博尔索纳罗携妻子和女儿秘密越过阿根廷边境逃离巴西。周三，他们抵达迈阿密。美国表示已为该家庭签发签证，这是合理的政治庇护提议。
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a Lula ally, signed off on a federal police request to seize Mr. Bolsonaro’s travel documents. On Tuesday Mr. Bolsonaro secretly fled Brazil with his wife and daughters across the Argentine border. On Wednesday they arrived in Miami. The U.S. said it issued visas for the family, a justifiable offer of political protection.
博尔索纳罗尚未被指控犯罪。但他有充分理由相信，如果被起诉，他无法获得公正审判。卢拉在竞选辩论中表示，一旦博尔索纳罗失去国会豁免权，他将面临各种调查。卢拉选定了这个人，并承诺找到罪名。
Mr. Bolsonaro hasn’t been charged with a crime. But he has good reason to believe that he can’t get a fair trial if he is. Lula said at a campaign debate that as soon as Mr. Bolsonaro no longer had congressional immunity, he’d face all manner of investigations. Lula chose the man and promised to find the crime.
决定是否有必要对联邦政客提起刑事起诉的职责属于总检察长。但莫赖斯大法官已养成惯例，在符合其政治目的时扩大自己的管辖权。
The job of deciding whether a criminal prosecution of a federal politician is warranted belongs to the attorney general. But Justice de Moraes has made a practice of expanding his jurisdiction when it suits his political aims.