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The Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have launched an investigation into dealings between President Donald Trump and the leaders of FIFA on the heels of the World Cup, accusing the leaders of conducting a \u201cbribery and corruption scheme\u201d to enrich themselves at the expense of soccer fans around the world.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the committee\u2019s ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), that FIFA turn over any documents or records with relation to its dealings with Trump, including visitor logs for FIFA\u2019s office in New York\u2019s Trump Tower, which the organization has leased for a year. Raskin also demanded that President Gianni Infantino sit for an interview with members of Congress.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Infantino, Raskin excoriated the Trump administration\u2019s sudden dismissal of the Justice Department\u2019s indictments in its wide-ranging corruption probe of FIFA earlier this year, which involved over $200 million in \u201cbribes and kickbacks\u201d across 20 countries for decades. <\/p>\n

The lawmaker also criticized FIFA for charging customers outrageous prices. Some tickets for the final listed by FIFA, he noted, surged to a price of $33,000 at one point. Meanwhile, ticket buyers reported FIFA moving them into worse seats after their tickets were purchased. FIFA\u2019s revenue for this World Cup surged to a record $15 billion, double the $7.5 billion made during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.<\/p>\n

He said that FIFA has engaged in \u201coutright bribery\u201d related to this years\u2019 and previous World Cups. This includes FIFA\u2019s \u201chilariously fake\u201d peace prize it granted to Trump after he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, as well as Trump\u2019s call to Infantino to overturn a U.S. players\u2019 suspension during the tournament. The office in Trump Tower, meanwhile, largely sits empty, officials have said, despite Raskin estimating that renting such a space may cost $600,000 a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn exchange for leasing an office in Trump Tower at inflated costs for limited use and inventing a bogus \u2018peace prize\u2019 for the President, the Trump Administration abandoned anti-corruption enforcement and allowed FIFA to operate as a multinational criminal enterprise with impunity,\u201d read a press release on the investigation.<\/p>\n

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The investigation comes as Infantino is facing yet more scrutiny for Trump ties. On Tuesday, the organization announced that it is planning to sell a minority stake in a new company, FIFA Forward Enterprises, that will run the men\u2019s and women\u2019s World Cup competitions. <\/p>\n

The organization said it\u2019s planning to sell up to 21 percent of the company to investors \u2014 and that the investment group would be led by a firm run by Joshua Kushner, brother to Trump\u2019s son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner. <\/p>\n

This would even further entrench Trump\u2019s sphere of influence into FIFA, and has already faced criticism. Sky News<\/em> reported that European nations are considering a boycott as a result of the plan.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Europe\u2019s governing body for soccer, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), said that the proposed deal \u201ccrosses a line that football\u2019s governing institutions should never cross.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe soul and governance of football are not assets to trade \u2014 especially with zero transparency as to who gains financially,\u201d the group said. \u201cNone of us are the owners of football. It is not FIFA\u2019s to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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