WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US authorities should probe the Clinton Foundation instead of going after FIFA officials abroad, Wall Street financial analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik.
“The FIFA prosecution is outrageous. It reflects a complete double standard,” Ortel said on Thursday. “The first thing that the United States should do is to get its own financial house in order.”
Ortel, who is investigating the financial records of the Clinton Foundation, argued the US government should investigate institutions based within the country with suspect financial records rather officials in Zurich-based FIFA.
“If the United States can decide that FIFA is a scandal, why is no one going after the Clinton Foundation which is domiciled in the United States, as FIFA is not?” he asked.
The financial analyst noted the sums of money allegedly unaccounted for in the Clinton Foundation case are “far vaster and major issues of public health are involved, which they certainly are not with FIFA.”
“You want a financial scandal to look at? Don’t go after FIFA. Look at the Clinton Foundation. This is a scandal within our own borders,” he said.
Ortel also pointed out that the US Department of Justice under President Barack Obama has been very aggressive in its reach outside the United States and around the world.
The International Federation of Association Football, or FIFA, is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach football.
