By MICHELLE L. PRICE and RONALD BLUM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House made a call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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The person did not have details to share about who specifically made the call and when.
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Trump celebrated the red card reversal shortly after it was announced, posting on his social media network “Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!”
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