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Jack Warner on Fifa corruption: 'I have kept quiet. I will do so no more' – live Jack Warner on Fifa corruption: 'I have kept quiet. I will do so no more' – live
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Warner’s broadcast – a political ad that he paid to air on several Trinidad TV channels on Wednesday night – was entitled The Gloves Are Off.
The full eight-minute version is rambling, with the sound quality often quite poor.
But my colleague Fred McConnell has put together this shorter clip with the key claims – including Warner’s assertion that he fears for his life and his statement that he has distributed documents to “different and respected hands” that will prove a link between soccer’s governing body and the 2010 national elections in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
Jack Warner’s comments came hot on the heels of the unveiling in the US of court testimony – sealed since 2013 – that shows former Fifa executive turned whistleblower Chuck Blazer admitting to a number of bribes and kickbacks – and implicating other members (not so far named) of the Fifa executive committee:
Blazer, a 70-year-old soccer chief, made the admission in testimony to a New York judge in 2013, which was made public on Wednesday.
“I and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup,” Blazer told the judge in a secret court session in November 2013.
Blazer, whose decision to assist the FBI appears to have been a critical breakthrough for the investigation now engulfing world football’s governing body, has been assisting federal agents since.
Formally entering a guilty plea during the hearing at New York’s eastern district court, Blazer told the judge his involvement in the acceptance bribes in connection with the South Africa bid began “in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011”.
In a nod to a wider top-level conspiracy at Fifa, Blazer added: “My actions described above had common participants and results.”
Related: Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer: I took bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups
Paul Farrell
My colleague Paul Farrell has more on Jack Warner’s dramatic claims:
The former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has made an extraordinary television appearance in which he says he fears for his life and claims he will prove a link between soccer’s governing body and the national elections in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
Warner is the subject of an Interpol red notice, was arrested and held in jail overnight in Trinidad last Wednesday, but was later released on bail.
He initially denied any wrongdoing, and said at the time he was “afforded no due process”.
In a televised broadcast in Trinidad on Wednesday night, Warner claimed he had documentation that could prove a link between key Fifa officials and the 2010 Trinidad election.
“I will no longer keep secrets for them,” he said.
Warner makes allegations that the documents “also deal with my knowledge of transactions at Fifa, including – but not limited to – its president, Mr Sepp Blatter”.
Blatter has not yet responded to Warner’s allegations
Warner also apologised for not disclosing his knowledge of the alleged links previously. “Not even death will stop the avalanche that is coming” he said. “The die is cast. There can be no turning back. Let the chips fall where they fall.”
Warner is yet to produce any documentation to support his allegations.
He also said in the televised address, which was a paid political advertisement, that “I reasonably actually fear for my life.”
Claire PhippsClaire Phipps
Welcome to our latest Fifa live blog, as the fallout from the investigation into alleged corruption at football’s highest level continues.Welcome to our latest Fifa live blog, as the fallout from the investigation into alleged corruption at football’s highest level continues.
Here’s a round-up of what we’ve learned over the last few hours:Here’s a round-up of what we’ve learned over the last few hours:
I have kept quiet, fear that this day might come. I will do so no more.I have kept quiet, fear that this day might come. I will do so no more.
There can be no reversal of the course of action which I have now embarked upon.There can be no reversal of the course of action which I have now embarked upon.
Blatter knows why he fell. And if anyone else knows, I do.Blatter knows why he fell. And if anyone else knows, I do.
I and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup.I and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup.
Stick with us for the latest, inevitable Fifa developments; I’ll also post updates @Claire_Phipps.Stick with us for the latest, inevitable Fifa developments; I’ll also post updates @Claire_Phipps.