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Putin Slams US Over FIFA Arrests: "Another Blatant Attempt By The US To Meddle Outside Its Jurisdiction"
Following yesterday's political intervention by the US in which 14 FIFA affiliates were perp-walked out of Zurich's swankiest hotel just days ahead of Sepp Blatter's re-election, one person was quite displeased with this latest US intervention on the international arena: Russian president Vladimir Putin who accused the United States of meddling outside its jurisdiction by arresting officials from FIFA, further hinting that it was part of an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country.
As a reminder, Russia won the right to stage the 2018 World Cup during 2010 under Blatter's governance. The award is now the subject of a Swiss criminal investigation.
As a further reminder, epic corruption at FIFA, as well as every other global institution, from the Clinton foundation to the global capital markets, to US Congress, has been firmly established and well known to everyone for years, if not decades. And yet, the rigged system has worked well enough that nobody dared to touch it.
That is until US AG Loretta Lynch decided it was time to take matters into American hands. This, in turn, raised Putin's blood pressure as the Russian understands what the true purpose of this latest US intervention was.
According to Putin, the DOJ indictment which led to the arrest of over a dozen individuals on massive corruption charges "is yet another blatant attempt [by the US] to extend its jurisdiction to other states."
Putin added that the arrests were a “clear attempt” to prevent the re-election of Sepp Blatter as Fifa president and that the Swiss had Russia’s backing.
Vladimir Putin, right, with Sepp Blatter.
"It looks very strange, the arrests are carried out on the request of the USA side,” he said. “They are accused of corruption – who is? International officials. I suppose that someone broke some rules, I don’t know. But definitely, it’s got nothing to do with the USA. Those officials are not US citizens. If something happened it was not in the US and it’s nothing to do with them."
“It’s another clear attempt by the USA to spread its jurisdiction to other states. And I have no doubt – it’s a clear attempt not to allow Mr Blatter to be re-elected as president of Fifa, which is a great violation of the operating principles of international organizations. The US prosecutor, as our media report, has already said that those Fifa officials have committed a crime. As if the prosecutor didn’t know about the principle of the presumption of innocence.”
What is just as ironic is that the one reason the US determined it has jurisdiction over the case is only because FIFA's corrupt officials had used US banks as intermediaries to funnel and otherwise launder bribes and other flows of funds. The same criminal banks which the Department of Justice busted just a week earlier for rigging the FX market.
How many people were arrested in the DOJ's crackdown on criminal US banks? 0.
How many people are arrested as part of the DOJ's crackdown on FIFA: 14.
One can start to sense an agenda in play.
Quoted by the Guardian, citing the former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, both of whom have evaded prosecution in the United States by hiding abroad, Putin questioned Washington’s right to request the Fifa officials’ extradition from Switzerland.
“Unfortunately, our American partners use such methods to achieve their selfish aims and illegally persecute people. I do not rule out that in the case of Fifa, it’s exactly the same,” Putin said.
What happens next? Sepp Blatter's reelection this coming Friday, which until yesterday had been guaranteed, is now virtually assured to fail as Putin's frontman at FIFA is shown the door.
What else likely happens? Following some dramatic procedural changes, Russia loses the hosting of the 2018 World Cup.
One thing that is certain not to happen: Qatar will keep the 2022 World Cup venue. Why? Because as we showed yesterday, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee had donated between $250,001 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation. And that is all it takes to buy the silence of the US DO"J".
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What an ass = YOU actually you are an ASSWIPE.
28th i think that is today great timing fbi
perfection
FIFA Congress on May 28,
by The New Organization of Football Players in Israel, calls on FIFA to leave politics off of the soccer pitch and "Play the ball not the state."
yes fbi netanyahoo play the ball not the state
players ahead of vote that could push Israel out of FIFA.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4660682,00.html
Lynch and Obama needed a diversion from Lynch's malfeasance in letting the convicted bankers off with a 1% fine on total criminal profits. The AG seizes criminal profits before trial or conviction using asset forfeiture. A RICO prosecution would have made all the high-up bankers guilty and personally liable for all their bank's criminal profits.
Another overlooked issue is that the judges have to approve any settlements. Our courts/prosecutors/government agencies are RICO accessories (principals in federal law) to the banker's crimes.
Other intended or unintended consequences are beyond the mental capacity of exceptional Americans. The exceptional Americans expect the Swiss to extradite or face further US Justice Department prosecutions of Swiss banks.
Putin needs to contribute to the Clinton Foundation. I sent a $5 check yesterday. I don't want to be on an IRS audit list because Hillary thinks I'm a political enemy.
The u.s.s.a Department of Just-Us going after fraud...
Bwaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaa
The whole of the u.s government is like watching kindergarten children at play.
For a Russian corruption is normal operating procedure....you can bet your rubles that Putin will get a big cut of the revenues from his world cup....you can never be to rich or to powerful....
Just ask Hillary.
The reaction worthy of Pavlov's dog. You, I suppose, the same methods used to train?
It's a corrupted world, stupid!!
for us americans
for us who have given so much blood
sweat and tears.
for the deaths lifes and moon saturnic rebirths.
for the highs and lows
shattered dreams and bodies
in the pit of dispair
to highs of the mountain
free people we have been there.
socca for us
soocer
socker for us is not just about futballs
it's about life
it is america
with some urine and energy harvesting on the side.
nobody cares about kicking balls around
kissing after goals more the
usa usa.
that is why today on the day of the fifa annual meeting
we decided to arrest som many folks
who just happened to be about to vote for israels removal from international football.
yes sir are jewish president obarme nuttyahoo made us proud
god bless us alls
This move only strengthens the resolve of the goyim to be free of the alien race.
It really cannot help itself.
Pie ere hit the nail on the head -FIFA was going to give Israel the boot for its crimes against the Pal's. Can't have that now, can we ? In 1990 the US brought charges against Imelda Marcos for corruption - in her own country. How did the Imperial Court have jurisdiction over her for alleged crimes committed in her own country ? And, where are the charges against Hillary ?
Loretta Lynch, AG Assclown 2.0
What I find most amusing about this whole situation is how the US is trying to be this beacon of purity against worldwide corruption when we won't even address the corruption that is going on in our own government. That is priceless!
Wow!
Looks like soccer has become a political football!
So, the U.S. will now (en)force moving the 2018 Football World Cup from Russia to Ukraine and Poland (hosts of the last 2012 Euro Cup)? /s
It is time to start enforcing Kim Jong-un's laws in the white house; all these child molesting lizards deserve a round of applauds from an anti-aircraft installation.
I am quite sure TPTB in the USA just cant figure out why so many nations want an alternative to the USA's banking cartel. But I can.
I was just going to say arrest the entire NFL brass for flagrantly violating the legal requirements of a non-profit when I read this...
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/why-the-nfl-decided-...
The use of U.S. banks, without more, is not likely to be sufficient to sustain U.S. jurisdiction. The issue is similar to that of the PLO being sued in a New York federal court pursuant to a U.S. terrosism statute for acts committed in Israel. Although the New York court upheld jurisdiction, a Washington D.C. Court a couple months ago rejected jurisdiction against the PLO under the same terrorism statute. Whether the increasingly "long and strong" arm of the United States in extraditing these FIFA and PLO officials comports with due process is likely to be decided by SCOTUS, the conservative majority of which is currently in favor of reigning in jurisdiction.
Actually, those situations are not the same. The US had jurisdiction over the PLO because the US is an Israeli colony.
It's OK to bribe the Olympic Committee members; it is not OK to bribe FIFA members. See the difference?
USG/DOJ hypocrites - Wall St gangstas live in USA
USA sticks its nose in everyones business. America is like the asshole at the party who you wish would leave.
The bully in the schoolyard.
Great sarcasm
Some days I wish I was back in the Matrix....
Oligarchs honoring oligarchs
Putin, the go to guy.
who says there is no honor among thieves.
ha!
I laugh!
If WW3 starts because of the worlds crappiest sport, I'm gonna be properly pissed off.
"If WW3 starts because of the worlds crappiest sport, I'm gonna be properly pissed off."
There is already this regional precedent:
Honduras-El Salvador Football War
Here we go again. When things go sour in the economy: invent, create, fabricate enemis so that we might need to give more and ore money to the war machine.
What is Jamie Gorelich s involvement?
How about this! Since everyone is throwing anything to try to understand.
Here, Read this and have fun!
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Saludos…
It's getting weird. An L.A.P.D. cop just busted me for jaywalking......in Managua!
lol tempest in a teapot.
this is not what's happening.
blatter is a crook.
the swiss were not too anxious to press him.
he has been under swiss 'investigation' for, literally, years.
fifa pays no taxes.
qutar games are absolutely ridiculous, heat, slave labor, unpaid contracts.
clinton and his crowd are up to their ears in this shit.
who really gives a shit?
"who really gives a shit?"
Well about one third of the world's population actually. One possible outcome is that European countries might withdraw from FIFA competitions which would mean the end of said competitions.
I believe there are two explanations for the bizarre involvement of the US DoJ (when have they ever gone after corruption before this, even in America?). First is to derail the vote on Israeli expulsion from FIFA and second to reopen the awarding of the 2018 games to Russia. Anything to poke the Bear.
Is it illegal to accept large bags of money? Is it illegal to ask for large bags of money?
BTW what is this "soccer" thang anyway, is it good to eat?
Blatter will get re-elected.
FIFA is the football organization of the world.
Most of the world doesn´t like Yankees.
"Blatter will get re-elected.
FIFA is the football organization of the world.
Most of the world doesn´t like Yankees."
If Swiss banks vs IRS (and FATCA) are to be considered, I am not so sure of the above.
This is no different than the Hague persecuting criminals from countries not of their own, except wait this is sports, while the other one involves real issues. Who cares, everyone knows FIFA and all of the football organization has been rigged for years. Except now it's in the spotlight for ulterior motives.
This is further proof if any that the world needs an alternative to the US banking system, why Interested parties are not working over time on this issue i have absolutely no clue.
China youre next its obvious youre next and if you dont see you are next then you are being foolishly naive.
Satan America is behaving like as if it owns the world.
(btw satan owns the world , read your book)
This is how Hitler was behaving.
This is how overconfident powerhungry act before the doom.
(remember Doom had radioactive pools)
When the whole world pounches on AmericaTheBigDiseasedDick,
how many radioactive pools wouldyahave?