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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Joseph Gedeon in Washington

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

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The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, and Donald Trump during the World Cup 2026 final at New York New Jersey Stadium on 19 July in East Rutherford. Photograph: Rob Newell/CameraSport/Getty Images

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.

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