Mass arrests at FIFA

[Bacon King]

Blatter will come out of this unscathed. He'll disassociate with everyone involved and pretend he barely knew them and it was his leadership really that was behind rooting out corruption.

I hope I'm wrong.

I'm not.

The charges pursued by the FBI here essentially mean a successful indictment of Blatter will be inevitable. The arrested officials are being charged with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which is basically the strongest weapon in a federal prosecutor's arsenal, with a conviction rate of 93%.

RICO charges have successfully taken down mafia godfathers who were way more insulated than Blatter has ever been. The arrested executives are probably already working with the FBI to take down Blatter (in return for not spending the rest of their lives in prison).

[Bacon King]

Not that the people getting busted are exactly sympathetic, but how does this fall under US jurisdiction? Though it sounds as if Switzerland did its own investigation and arrests, but most of this appears to be at the request of the FBI and will involve extradition.

Basically they used US banks

[Bacon King]

Reportedly, Jack Warner has already flipped (after only one night in jail!) and is now revealing everything he knows about Blatter to the FBI