Swiss prosecutor under fire, defends handling of soccer probe
FIFA has the status of a private plaintiff in the probe into suspected breach of trust, fraud, embezzlement and money launderin.
But media reports of a third confidential meeting prompted a preliminary investigation by the watchdog that oversees Lauber’s agency. The head of the watchdog said this week that Lauber had denied any other such meetings as attorney general., Lauber conceded that there must have been a third meeting that he could not recall. “We assume based on internal documents we have seen — diary entries and SMS texts — that it took place,” he said, but insisted this would not derail his bid for re-election.
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