“[…] que eu teria estabelecido como condição para assumir o Ministério da Justiça, uma nomeação ao Supremo Tribunal Federal. Nunca houve essa condição.”
Portal translation: […] that I would have set as a condition for taking the Ministry of Justice an appointment to the Supreme Federal Court. There was never any such condition.
The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.
Context
Moro responds to the version, spread by other people, that he had made his move to the ministry conditional on a seat on the Supreme Court.
Where
Address · Address at the Ministry of Justice, transcribed by Poder360
Verification
Checked against the journalistic record: Leia a íntegra e assista ao discurso de demissão de Sergio Moro, on Oct. 24, 2026. Poder360 transcript (unofficial). The sentence begins mid-clause; the omitted beginning is 'Na ocasião, aproveitando um breve parênteses para desmistificar 1 dado que foi divulgado equivocadamente por algumas pessoas,' [On that occasion, taking a brief parenthesis to debunk 1 piece of information that was mistakenly spread by some people,].
E mais: já que ele falou em algumas particularidades, mais de uma vez, o senhor Sergio Moro falou para mim: você pode trocar o Valeixo, sim, mas em novembro, depois que o senhor me indicar para o Supremo Tribunal Federal. Me desculpa, mas não é por aí.
Portal translation: And furthermore: since he mentioned some particulars, more than once, Mr. Sergio Moro told me: you can replace Valeixo, yes, but in November, after you nominate me to the Supreme Federal Court. Sorry, but that's not how it goes.
Jair Bolsonaro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Address at the Planalto Palace, transcribed by Poder360
Que ao indicar o DPF (Delegado de Polícia Federal) Ramagem ao ex-ministro Sérgio Moro, este teria concordado com o presidente desde que ocorresse após a indicação do ex-Ministro da Justiça à vaga no Supremo Tribunal Federal
Portal translation: That when he nominated the DPF (Federal Police Chief Investigator) Ramagem to former minister Sérgio Moro, the latter would have agreed with the president as long as it happened after the former Minister of Justice was nominated to the seat on the Supreme Federal Court
Jair Bolsonaro · November 3, 2021 · Testimony · Testimony to the Federal Police (PF) at the Planalto Palace, Inq 4831, quoted by Poder360
