Putin: These FIFA charges are a US plot to steal the 2018 World Cup from Russia

Hotair ^ | 05/28/2015 | Ed Morrisey

[canuck_conservative]

I guess Putin is afraid that we’ll find he paid big bucks to bribe FIFA.

Exactly.

Once again, the criminals betray themselves by their own actions.

Namely, the only way the World Cup could be taken away from Russia is if improper behavior occurred. SO, the fact that Putin is worried is an implicit admission by him that there IS something to be concerned about, something to find after all.

Let the chips fall where they may. This is only the beginning of this story, not the end of it.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm sure we'll see the usual pro-Putin ass-lickers' backlash soon:

• The Clinton Foundation received $100K from scandal-tarred FIFA (the Hillary connection)
• Fifa scandal: Why the US is policing a global game
• Corrupt FIFA Has Clinton Foundation Ties; World Cup Host Qatar Gave Millions
• FIFA and the Clintons in Cahoots on Typical Socialist-Style Corruption
• Loretta Lynch's Justice Department Just Launched a Full-Blown Offensive Against FIFA
• FIFA Officials, Including 2 VPs, Arrested on Corruption Charge [Obama Targets FIFA, not ISIS]
• U.S. Indicts Nine FIFA Officials, Five Others on Corruption Charges
• U.S. Prepares Criminal Indictment Alleging Corruption at Soccer Body FIFA
• FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S.

[Ivan Mazepa]

Putin said in televised comments Thursday that he found it “odd” that the probe was launched at the request of U.S. officials

I find it odd that Putin had to cancel his Botox session to comment on this investigation. What does it have to do with Russia?

[piasa]

2013 : (ORBIS [see CHRISTOPHER STEELE {See FUSION GPS, FBI, MI6, RUSSIA}] HELPS SMASH FIFA CORRUPTION — see NYPD, [PREET BHARARA?])

JULY 2013 : (CHRIS STEELE BUYS L1.4M MILLION LUXURY HOUSE IN SURREY)

[piasa]

2010 summer : (MEMBERS OF A NY-BASED FBI SQUAD ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE ‘EURASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME’ MET WITH ORBIS’ CHRISTOPHER STEELE [see GLENN SIMPSON OF FUSION GPS] IN LONDON TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CORRUPTION IN SWISS-BASED FIFA [See WORLD CUP SOCCER]; ORBIS HAD BEEN HIRED BY BRITAIN’S FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION WHICH HOPED TO HOST THE 2018 OR 2020 WORLD CUPS... BUT THOSE HONORS EVENTUALLY - in Dec 2010- WENT TO MOSCOW AND QATAR...) Steele fed info on behalf of the Football Association [of Britain] to the FBI and raked in big bucks,...did the FBI buy the info too?