Fifa could draw US Congress inquiry over ‘smash-and-grab scam’, top Democrat warns

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Jamie Raskin targets football body’s proposed commercial sell-off and links to Trump administration Fifa could face a sweeping US congressional investigation into its expanding financial and political ties to Donald Trump and his family if Democrats reclaim the House of Representatives in November, a senior party figur
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Jamie Raskin targets football body’s proposed commercial sell-off and links to Trump administration Fifa could face a sweeping US congressional investigation into its expanding financial and political ties to Donald Trump and his family if Democrats reclaim the House of Representatives in November, a senior party figure has warned.
Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, accused global football’s governing body of a “smash-and-grab scam of colossal proportions” after it proposed a multibillion-dollar privatization of its commercial operations. Continue reading...
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