As United States prosecutors delivered updates on Wednesday in their unfolding corruption case against global soccer officials and business executives, a federal judge expressed eagerness to move the FIFA case toward trial.
“Begin to think seriously,” Judge Raymond J. Dearie of Federal District Court in Brooklyn told the lawyers before him, “given the passage of time, as to when we may proceed to trial.”
The two defendants appearing in court were José Maria Marin, the former head of the Brazilian soccer federation, and Aaron Davidson, an American sports marketing executive.
Both men, two of 41 total defendants in the United States case, were charged last May and are currently under house arrest.