VIDEO: John Oliver Comes Down Hard on FIFA Again — and It’s Glorious
Although HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host delivered a scathing critique of the soccer organization last year, he decided to give it another shot Sunday after last week's arrest of several FIFA officials.Although HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” host delivered a scathing critique of the soccer organization last year, he decided to give it another shot Sunday after last week’s arrest of several FIFA officials. Let’s just say that Oliver, a die-hard soccer fan, could hardly contain his excitement at the news.
Yet he had one last request for the U.S. Department of Justice and FIFA’s sponsors:
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