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The 70th FIFA Congress will be held virtually due to the crown pandemic. It only lasts a little over 100 minutes.
President Gianni Infantino defended the meeting with US Attorney Michael Lauber. In his welcome speech, the president of the World Football Association wanted to provide information.
Free FIFA from old toxic values
“Why did I meet with the federal prosecutor?” Infantino asked rhetorically in his 33-minute speech: “Because it was my duty! Because I wanted to liberate FIFA from the old toxic values. ”Due to the unrecorded meetings in 2016 and 2017, a criminal proceeding is ongoing in Switzerland against Infantino, who feels he has been treated unfairly.
“In the end, you will see that those who want to do harm with fabricated conspiracy theories will be caught and exposed for their own insanity,” he said.
According to Infantino, the meetings should “contribute to a complete clarification.” The FIFA Infantino ethics committee jumped aside a month ago. The panel had closed its preliminary investigation into Infantino due to a “lack of credible evidence.”
Infantino said on Friday that the meetings were important “to explain that the new FIFA is miles away from the old one. Don’t forget that FIFA was the victim of corrupt officials. “You have to face the past to move towards a successful future, he said.
Other meetings in the US
Subsequently, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confronts the media and says: “For me everything is absurd. No one in Switzerland can meet with the highest prosecution to conclude shady machinations. “In the United States, Infantino last met with William Barr, the United States attorney general.” I thanked them for saving FIFA, “he said. Infantino. The FIFA president also met Donald Trump on his trip. (SID / abö)
