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14. Not least - because Cheeto dropped former AG Loretta Lynch's probe into massive corruption at FIFA

Reply to DJ Synikus Makisimus (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:38 PM

13 hrs ago

It had long been suspected that FIFA - and its myriad national football associations - sold broadcast rights on the basis of bribes.

And in 2015, Lynch finally got the proof she needed to proceed with indictments.

(among others, a lot of Trump's old pal Macri's friends were indicted - including the brother of his Security Secretary)

But then, Snoozalini wins in 2016 - and the charges miraculously disappear.

So before you know it, the U.S. is given hosting rights for the '26 cup...and a beautiful friendship was born...

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