Brazil's Supreme Court released footage from a controversial April 22 cabinet meeting on Saturday where the far-right leader was caught interfering in federal police investigations involving his family by vowing to change the police chief.

Brazilians got a shocking look after a newly released video showed the president voicing out his frustrations for being unable to change security officials to protect his family. The video is part of an ongoing investigation into former Justice Minister Sergio Moro's allegations that the leader attempted to replace members of the law enforcement agency.

The move comes after authorities launched a probe on the leader's second-born son, Carlos, and his alleged ties to a criminal fake news racket. The police are also investigating Flavio Bolsonaro on money laundering and embezzlement accusations.

What's in the video?

The newly released footage features Bolsonaro addressing his cabinet members using a string of profanity. It also showed the president insulting governors.

The education minister was recorded pushing to throw members of the nation's Supreme Court behind bars. The environment minister was also caught urging the cabinet to legalize mining and farming operations in the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro also stated plans to interfere with federal police investigations following an alleged "lack of information." At one point, he also admitted trying to change Janerio's senior security members but said his attempts failed.

"I'm not going to wait for them to f- my whole family, my friends, because I can't change someone in our security apparatus," Bolsonaro said.

A sling of expletive words targeted the governors of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after they defied him by imposing strict COVID-19 isolation orders to curb the spread of the virus which has now infected more than 347,398 people, making Brazil the second country in the world with the most confirmed cases.

He claims the people should be armed to prevent "some son of a b-" from installing a dictatorship.

Damage Control

Prior to the release of the video, Bolsonaro claims he was only seeking to ensure his family's security and not prevent the federal police from investigating anyone. He called the video a farce. He also claimed the video showed no indication that he interfered in the federal law enforcement agency.

Excerpts of the video were repeatedly played on local media channels. The Supreme Court's website also crashed after receiving a flood of Brazilian users who hopes to see the video following its public release.

The cabinet meeting was filmed the previous month. The footage led many residents to hold a protest by banging pots and pans outside their windows.

Investigators removed sensitive material containing information of foreign countries before they released the video. According to media reports, the cut segments involved insulting remarks about Brazil's top trading partner, China.

The opposition parties filed a request in Congress to have investigators seize the phones of the president and his son Carlos. The Supreme Court passed the request to the attorney general who is now responsible for deciding on the petition.

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