“Já tentei trocar gente da segurança nossa no Rio de Janeiro, oficialmente, e não consegui! E isso acabou. Eu não vou esperar foder a minha família toda, de sacanagem, ou amigos meu, porque eu não posso trocar alguém da segurança na ponta da linha que pertence a estrutura nossa. Vai trocar! Se não puder trocar, troca o chefe dele! Não pode trocar o chefe dele? Troca o ministro! E ponto final!”
Portal translation: I already tried to replace people in our security in Rio de Janeiro, officially, and I couldn't! And that's over. I'm not going to wait for my whole family to get screwed, out of sheer malice, or my friends, because I can't replace someone in security at the front line who belongs to our structure. He will be replaced! If he can't be replaced, replace his boss! Can't replace his boss? Replace the minister! And period!
The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.
Context
Bolsonaro's remarks at the Planalto, after complaining that Folha had said his brother was thrown out of a butcher shop and that his family is being persecuted. Moro was among those present. The president does not mention the Federal Police (PF) or Moro's name in this excerpt.
Where
Speech · Ministerial meeting at the Planalto Palace; transcript released by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on May 22, 2020 and reproduced by Poder360
Verification
Checked against the journalistic record: Leia a íntegra da transcrição da reunião ministerial de 22 de abril, on Oct. 24, 2026. Text of the transcript released by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), read in Poder360's reproduction; the STF PDF and the video were not checked. Congresso em Foco quotes the same statement with a slight variation ('foder minha família toda') — the transcript's text prevails.
November 3, 2021: In testimony to the Federal Police (PF), Bolsonaro said he was referring to personal and family security, provided by a GSI unit. — see the quote — source
O meu particular funciona. Os ofi… que tem oficialmente, desinforma. E voltando ao … ao tema: prefiro não ter informação do que ser desinformado por sistema de informações que eu tenho.
Portal translation: My private one works. The offi… the ones we officially have, misinform. And going back to the… the topic: I prefer not to have information than to be misinformed by an information system that I have.
Jair Bolsonaro · April 22, 2020 · Speech · Ministerial meeting at the Planalto Palace; transcript released by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on May 22, 2020 and reproduced by Poder360
