Summary
FIFA president Gianni Infantino faces scrutiny for giving a peace prize to President Trump, which may violate FIFA's rules requiring officials to stay politically neutral. A human rights group reported Infantino to FIFA's ethics committee, asking them to investigate.
Key Facts
- Gianni Infantino is the president of FIFA, the global soccer governing body.
- Infantino expressed support for President Donald Trump and called him a "close friend."
- He awarded President Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.
- A nonprofit named FairSquare claims Infantino may have broken FIFA's Code of Ethics.
- FIFA's Code of Ethics requires officials to be politically neutral.
- Breaking the "Duty of Neutrality" can lead to a ban from soccer for up to two years.
- The FIFA Ethics Committee has not yet decided if it will investigate the complaint.
