Infantino meets Swiss prosecutors

FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with special prosecutors in Switzerland on Tuesday as part of their criminal investigation into his undisclosed meetings with the country's attorney general during a wider probe of soccer officials.
Criminal proceedings against Infantino were recommended in 2020 by a previous special prosecutor — who was later removed from the case by a Swiss federal court — for possible incitements to commit abuse of public office and breach of official secrecy.
The case potentially implicating Infantino is now moving forward in his home country, weeks after he oversaw the World Cup in Qatar and about two months before he is due to be re-elected unopposed by FIFA member federations.
Special prosecutor Hans Maurer confirmed in an email to The Associated Press that "a confrontation hearing was held in the proceedings," conducted by himself and a second prosecutor, Ulrich Weder.
"However, I do not comment on the time, scope and purpose of this hearing," Maurer wrote.
The two prosecutors were elected at the Swiss parliament in December 2021 to continue an investigation relating to three undocumented meetings held in 2016 and 2017 involving Infantino and then-attorney general Michael Lauber.
The meetings started soon after Infantino was elected FIFA president in the fallout from American and Swiss investigations of suspected corruption in international soccer that forced his predecessor Sepp Blatter out of office.
After the meetings were revealed by media starting in 2018, both Lauber and Infantino said the meetings were routine but claimed not to recall details or to have taken notes.
Agencies Via Xinhua
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