GENEVA (AP) — Under investigation in his home country Switzerland, FIFA president Gianni Infantino made a third trip to the White House and met President Donald Trump since the United States became a 2026 World Cup co-host just over two years ago.
Infantino attended a signing ceremony this week for a diplomatic deal to improve relations between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, FIFA said Thursday.
It was Infantino’s first meeting with Trump since a special prosecutor in Switzerland opened a criminal proceeding against him in July.
The FIFA president is a suspect in regard to meetings he had with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber, who has since resigned in fallout from the case, during an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in international soccer.