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A former FIFA president lashes out at his successor’s Trump ties

Summary by Politico
On May 27, 2015, plainclothes Swiss police working at the behest of the FBI entered a Zurich luxury hotel and walked out with some of the most powerful people in global soccer. Subsequent indictments by the U.S. Justice Department, built off a multi-year FBI investigation of corruption in soccer, led within months to the downfall of FIFA President Sepp Blatter after 17 years in the post. Now 89 and suspended by FIFA from official soccer, Blatter…

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Politico broke the news in on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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