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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  3498 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The DoJ is going after ... FIFA

Sounds like some contortions. This investigation goes back years. Loretta Lynch has been heading it for a long time. She's now AG, and this is the first time since her appointment that all these guys are gathered in the same place at the same time. Also, MoA is going a bit far when they say the US "ordered" Swiss authorities to do this or that. To claim that Israel has the power to order the US to order Switzerland (who has a long history of persecuting Jews) to arrest FIFA officials is a claim that needs a bit more evidence than "timing".





mk  ·  3498 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agreed. MoA plays fast and loose, and I do think that it's far more likely that this was a convenience for Israel. I could see the action being accelerated a bit by, but not done at the behest of, Israel.