Statement library · Address

Jair Bolsonaro, April 24, 2020

“À noite, eu e o Dr. Valeixo conversamos por telefone e ele concordou com a exoneração a pedido. Desculpe, senhor ministro, o senhor não vai me chamar de mentiroso.”

Portal translation: In the evening, Dr. Valeixo and I spoke by phone and he agreed to the dismissal at his request. Sorry, Mr. Minister, you will not call me a liar.

The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.

Context: Bolsonaro maintains that Valeixo agreed to the dismissal at his own request, in response to Moro's statement that there was no formal request.
Where: Address · Address at the Planalto Palace, transcribed by Poder360
Verification: Checked against the journalistic record: Leia a íntegra do pronunciamento de Bolsonaro depois da saída de Moro, on Oct. 24, 2026. Poder360 transcript (unofficial).
Full text: www.poder360.com.br/governo/leia-a-integra-do-pronunciamento
Topics: moro bolsonaro pf, valeixo, responses
Mentions: Maurício Valeixo, Sergio Moro

Comparisons

Bolsonaro: Valeixo "agreed" to the dismissal at his own request × message of 4/22 and Official Gazette

Episodes

Dismissal of Maurício Valeixo and suspended appointment of Alexandre Ramagem (April 2020)

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Sources

Leia a íntegra do pronunciamento de Bolsonaro depois da saída de Moro — Poder360, Apr. 24, 2020 · original ↗

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A exoneração que foi publicada eu fiquei sabendo pelo Diário Oficial pela madrugada. Eu não assinei esse decreto. […] Vi que depois a Secom afirmou que houve essa exoneração a pedido, mas isso de fato não é verdadeiro.

Portal translation: The dismissal that was published, I found out about in the Official Gazette in the early hours of the morning. I did not sign that decree. […] I saw that Secom afterwards stated that the dismissal was at his request, but that is in fact not true.

Sergio Moro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Address at the Ministry of Justice, transcribed by Poder360

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Moro, o Valeixo sai nessa semana. Isto está decidido. Você pode dizer apenas a forma. A pedido ou ex oficio [sic]

Portal translation: Moro, Valeixo is leaving this week. This is decided. You can only say how. At his request or ex officio [sic]

Jair Bolsonaro · April 22, 2020 · Leaked message · WhatsApp message to Moro, reproduced by Estado de S. Paulo and Poder360

Leaked message authenticity: see profile

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