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Did Putin Buy the World Cup? The FBI's Not Saying--Yet
Before Christopher Steele, ex-MI6, wrote the infamous Trump dossier, he helped the feds nail FIFA for corruption. The investigation is far from over.
NICO HINES
06.20.18 4:58 AM ET
LONDON—When players break the rules on the soccer pitch, the referee blows the whistle. When politicians and oligarchs break the rules, and laws, to win the multibillion-dollar hosting rights for the soccer World Cup, they seem to think they’re untouchable, that nobody sees what they’re up to, or will have the guts to call them out.
That’s most likely what Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies are thinking right now. But U.S. law-enforcement officials were on their case, and the American justice system rarely forgets. Arrest warrants, subpoenas, and investigations are all still in play.
One of the sources who helped compile the damning dossier that kickstarted the FBI’s investigation into soccer corruption told The Daily Beast that its lead author, the MI6’s most famous ex-spy, still has a personal interest in the hunt.
That former intelligence officer is Christopher Steele, now extremely well-known in another context.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-putin-buy-the-world-cup-the-fbis-not-sayingyet?ref=home
