(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino — already fighting for his job in world soccer — could now be hauled before Congress as Democrats set their sights on the international soccer organization’s ties to President Donald Trump.

Infantino, 56, was notoriously cozy with Trump as North America hosted the World Cup this summer. The president, at one point, even pitched Infantino as the next United Nations Secretary General.

But now anonymous senior sources inside FIFA have told The Telegraph that Infantino is expected to face demands for information and subpoenas to testify when Democrats take control of Congress in January after voters swept the party to historic gains in the midterm elections.

The Telegraph reported:

The powerful House Judiciary Committee had already been investigating Infantino’s ties to Trump since July.

However, Telegraph Sport has spoken to multiple sources claiming Jamie Raskin, the senior Democrat on the committee, is actively looking at a host of more recent controversies. Documents have been requested relating to revelations, detailed last week by The Telegraph, that Infantino told Carlos Cordeiro, his top go-between with Trump, to help secure a work permit for an immigrant maid at his luxury Miami home. Fifa denies wrongdoing.

Critics of Infantino say scrutiny is required to establish if any laws were broken around an alleged misuse of non-profit funds and organisational assets. Tax authorities were also alerted after documents suggested the housekeeper was on the Fifa Americas payroll. Fifa claims Infantino footed the bill for the maid. “Matters related to the Fifa president’s personal and home life are private; however, for the avoidance of any doubt, the costs of any domestic staff are met by the Fifa president personally,” Fifa said.

Infantino faced a firestorm after the World Cup when he pushed for a plan to sell off stakes in the tournament to private investors, including Josh Kushner, brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, in a bid to raise $20 billion — even though the tournament had just raised $15 billion.

The pushback was so fierce that Infantino, who took over FIFA in 2016 from the disgraced Sepp Blatter, had to fight off a bid to remove him and is battling to win re-election to another term.

He had turned to Trump for help as his job hung in the balance, and now faces a separate crisis in America over his interactions with the president.

Infantino also famously awarded Trump an inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize” ahead of this year’s World Cup.

The post FIFA Boss Faces Congressional Subpoenas Within Weeks: Report first appeared on Mediaite.

FIFA Boss Faces Congressional Subpoenas Within Weeks: Report 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-11-10 06:24:11 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law

БЪЛГАРИЯ НОВИНИТЕ – ИНФОРМАЦИОННА АГЕНЦИЯ 2009-2026 2026-11-10 06:24:11