Unbelievable! Balogun affair: The White House admits to having pressured FIFA on behalf of American taxpayers

July 19 — 14:00 PM

The White House defended its intervention in the Folarin Balogun case. Andrew Giuliani, the US administration official in charge of organizing the World Cup, argued that authorities had a duty to act after the striker's expulsion from the United States and FIFA's subsequent reduction of his suspension. Balogun had been sent off against…