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bernardino, california. good afternoon, everyone. i know you, like all of us, have the events of san bernardino at the top of your mind. let me take a minute before we begin today's announcement to address that shooting briefly. as has been stated earlier today, the f.b.i. is now taking a leadership role in that investigation. working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement who have been truly outstanding partners in this enterprise, as well as working with the a.t.f. and the u.s. marshals service. as this investigation unfolds, we intend to provide any and

all assistance necessary to both local authorities and, most importantly, to the people of san bernardino, who have been so profoundly affected by this unspeakable crime. as i stated earlier this morning, i know that i stand with all americanses when i say that my thoughts and prayers and those of my colleagues at every level of the department of justice are with the families and loved ones of the victims and with the brave public safety officials who put themselves in harm's way to save others. and now, moving on to today's announcement. again, i am joined here today by u.s. attorney robert capers of the eastern district of new york. by special agent in charge -- i'm sorry, the snins assistant director in charge of the new york office of the f.b.i., chief of investigation of the i.r.s. criminal investigation division. six months ago the department of justice announced a 47-count indictment charging 14 defendants with pervasive and long-running conspiracies in the world of organized soccer.

wing aed - alleged that these defendants, which included high ranking fifa officials, leaders of governing bodies under the fifa umbrella, and sports marketing executives have corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. we stated our determination too end these practices and bring the wrong doctors to justice and we pledge to work with our partners around the world to hold additional co-conspirators and corrupt individuals accountable. today we are announcing a superseding entitlement which includes new charges against new defendants, as well as additional arrests and guilty pleas in connection with our ongoing investigation. earlier a federal grand jury in brooklyn has returned a 92-count superseding indictment which includes charges against 16 new defendants, all of whom are current or former soccer officials. these defendants include the

sitting presidents of two of fifa's six continental soccer con federations, concacaf, which covers north and central america and the caribbean, and conmebol which covers south america. both of these defendants arrested today. alfredo hawit of honduras and hahn napout of par gray are also fifa vice presidents and members of its committee. this superseding entitlement charges high ranking officials of other soccer governing bodies, include the current and former presidents of national soccer federations in central and south america. each of the new 16 new defendants is charged with racketeering conspiracy, and with other crimes in connection with their sustained abuse as set forth in the indictment of their positions for financial gain. earlier today swiss authorities arrested two of these new defendants, alfredo hawit and hahn napout, as they gathered to attend fifa meetings in

zurich. we are now working to extradite those defendants to the united states, just as we also are working to secure the arrest and extradition of additional defendants who are residing in other countries. in addition to naming the new defendants, the superseding indictment also expands the bribery and corruption charges set forth in the original indictment unsealed last may. as you will recall, we used the chart to my right to illustrate this scheme. in the original indictment, we alleged that, between 1991 and the present, two generations of soccer officials conspired to solicit and to receive well over $200 million, often through an alliance with sports marketing executives who sought to obtain lucrative contracts and shut out competitors through the systemic payment of bribes and kickbacks. we also alleged bribes and kickbacks in connection with the sponsorship of the brazilian soccer federation, by a major u.s. sports wear

company, the selection of the host country for the 2010 world cup, and the 2011 fifa presidential election. the new charges unsealed today highlight corruption schemes principally involving soccer officials in central and south america and sports marketing companies based in south america and the united states. consistent with the corruption schemes, they involve payments relating to tournaments that have already been played, as well as matches scheduled into the next decade. including multiple cycles of fifa world cup qualifiers and international friendly matches involving six central american member associations. they also involve a bribery scheme, relating to the sale of broadcasting rights, implicating near all of the top conmebol officialings and a company scheme to bribe central american soccer officials. not content to hijack the

world's most popular sport for decades of ill gotten gains, these defendants, as alleged, sought to institutionalize their corruption, to ensure that it lived on. not for the good of the game, but for their own personal agrandizement and gain. the roles of several of the defendants newly charged today in these schemes illustrate the depth as well as the persistent -- persistence of the alleged corruption. the defendant currently served as a judge on the constitutional court of guatemala. purportedly dispensing justice by day, while allegededly soliciting bribes and selling his influence within fifa. another defendant ascended to the position of concacaf president that was left open when we charged his predecessor with corruption in may of this year. then, as alleged, assumed the mantle of those same corrupt practices. the defendant is a member of fifa's disciplinary committee,

entrusted with stamping out the corrupt behavior in which he's now alleged to be involved. now, let me say that the betrayal of trust that is set forth here is truly outrageous. and the scale of corruption alleged here is unconscionable. and the message from this announcement should be clear to every culpable individual who remains in the shadows, hoping to evade this ongoing investigation, you will not wait us out and you will not escape our focus. i'm also announcing today that many have already heeded that warning. today i can report that eight additional defendants have agreed to plead guilty for their involvement in the corruption schemes that we have outlined. after the initial charges were filed in may, these eight defendants came forward and accepted responsibility for their criminal conduct. five of them were not named in the original entitlement. as i've stated before, -- indictment. as i've stated before, anyone who seeks to live in the past

and return soccer to its old ways is on the wrong side of progress. and does a disservice to the integrity of this beautiful sport. the department of justice is committed end toing the rampant corruption that we have described amidst of the leadership of international soccer. not only because of the scale of the schemes alleged both earlier and today, or the brazenness and the breadth of the operation required to sustain such corruption, but also, also because of the affront to international principles that this behavior represents. global sports like soccer exemplify, in fifa's own words, unifying, educational, cultural and humanitarian values. they're one of the primary ways that we teach our children about character, about fair play and about teamwork. international tournaments promote understanding between nations and they embody and ac knowledge -- an acknowledgment

of our humanity, something that's desperately important in these times of global challenge. that's why this investigation does more than address corruption in a sports organization. it also reaffirms the ideals that have always guided our society and more importantly our young people toward the fair and just future that they deserve. this department of justice intes to uphold these values throughout this ongoing investigation and always. i must particularly thank our international partners who have been indispensable in the investigation and carrying out of the actions today. particularly the swiss authorities, for the close cooperation and the invaluable assistance that they continue to provide. they have been instrumental in bringing these wrong doctors to -- wrong doers to just and helping to restore the integrity of a vital athletic tradition. today's action also relied on the tireless work of federal investigators and prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of new york. in the f.b.i.'s new york field office and in the los angeles field office of the i.r.s.'s

criminal investigation division. i'm incredibly grateful to all of the agents, all the analysts and all the attorneys who continue to devote their time and their attention to this important investigation. now at this time, i'm going to introduce to you and turn the podium over to united states attorney robert capers, who's been an outstanding job leading this effort since his appointment in october and who will provide additional details on today's announcement. mr. capers: thank you, loretta. good afternoon. the superseding indictment that was unsealed today charges 16 additional soccer officials for their roles in corrupting international soccer. these officials hold a variety of leadership positions and represent countries from across the western hemisphere. each and every one of them was entrusted with significant responsibilities to develop and

promote the sport of soccer with integrity. these officials were supposed to lead the federations, confederations and fifa itself with the fair advancement of the sport as their primary goal. from building soccer fields and cultivating soccer programs in developing countries, to ensuring that lucrative broadcasts between marketing rights and international soccer tournaments and world cup qualifying matches were sold at market rates, all to benefit -- all for the benefit of the participating soccer federations that were charged with bringing the game of soccer to their respective countries. instead, as alleged in today's superseding indictment, they abused their positions of authority and trust, to enrich themselves through bribes and kickbacks. they repeatedly used the institutions they were supposed to serve year after year to satisfy their own agreed. the attorney general noted the 16 defendants charged in the superseding indictment include high ranking fifa officials and top level officials of concacaf

and conmebol, the two soccer federations that operate under fifa's umbrella to organize soccer from north america through central america, through south america. those are -- and they include alfredo hawit and huan napout, who are the current presidents of concacaf and conmebol, and who also serve as fifa vice presidents and executive committee members. also included are the current and former general secretaries and treasures of conmebol. one of those men is alleged to have taken millions of dollars in bribes as the former treasury of conmebol. amazingly he's now a member of fifa's auditing compliance committee, one of the fifa subcommittees charged with developing reform proposals and instituting change. also included are the presidents of the soccer federations in el salvador, guatemala, honduras and panama. all part of the central american regional soccer union

operating within the concacaf umbrella. also included are the current president of the brazilian soccer federation, who just last week announced that he was resigning from the fifa executive committee, as well as -- also charged is the former president of the brazilian soccer federation and former member of the fifa executive committee. finally, also charged are the former presidents of the soccer federations of bolivia, ecuador, paraguay and peru. now about the charges. as the original indictment, count one of the superseding indictment alleges a wide ranging racketeering conspiracy focused on an enterprise composed of fifa and its confederations, along with regional federations, national federations and sports marketing companies. the two con federations, concacaf and conmebol, concacaf, which is headquartered in the united states, currently in miami,

florida, and com conmebol, which is head quarted in south america, are the focus of this superseding indictment. the main purpose of this enterprise was to promote and regulate the sport of soccer worldwide. that's an entirely legitimate operation. but the defendants and their co-conspirators are alleged to have corrupted the enterprise by engaging in criminal activities, including fraud, bribery and monday laundering, -- money laundering, over the course of two generations. this was accomplished primarily by soccer officials soliciting and receiving bribes and kickbacks from sports marketing executives who are all too willing to pay in order to secure lucrative contracts, to buy the media marketing rights from various soccer organizations. what they did then was sold those rights down stream to broadcasters and corporate sponsors. today's superseding indictment includes new allegations relating to several schemes that were involved in the payment of bribes in exchange for media and marketing rights. for example, this includes new

details about the systemic payment of bribes by sports marketing executives, the presidents of six central american member associations, the regional part of concacaf. to obtain the rights to matches played to qualify for the fifa world cup, and certain international friendly matches. the schemes alleged in the superseding indictment date back several years, and in some cases cover the rights of the world cup qualifiers to be played years into the future. in advance of the 2022 world cup. another scheme involved nearly all of the top officials who wering aed to have received millions of dollars in annual bribe payments, extending back well over a decade, in connection with the sale of oadcasting rights to the conmebol's premier tournament. the bribes as part of the schemes were staggering, numbers in the tens of millions. the bribe payers agreed to pay each official between $400,000

and $600,000 per year. in some cases, up to $1 million , for as long as those officials remained in office. lso alleged is a scheme by the argentinean sports company to prank into the concacaf market and obtain various rights from concacaf by agreing to pay $450,000 in bribes to three central american soccer officials to buy their influence. taken together, those charged and those who have pleaded guilty to their involvement in corruptsing international soccer represent nearly country in central and south america. and occupy leadership roles in concacaf and conmebol, extending back well over two decades. for example, three consecutive presidents of concacaf, jack warner, jeffrey webb, and now alfredo hawit, and three

consecutive presidents of been sbited on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and related offenses. all six served on fifa's executive committees as well. these defendants controlled and corrupted their confederations in succession, beginning more than 5 years ago. -- 25 years ago. by this indictment we say, not anymore. in addition to this indictment today, we are also announcing the guilty pleas of eight ry ndants, including jeff webb, argentine sports marketing executive, and an sbeer immediate year who funneled millions of dollars in bribe money to soccer officials. all three these -- all of there's defendants accept responsibility for their actions. other defendants came forward to accept responsibility for their criminal conduct before they were even charged. including the presidents of the

colombian and chilean soccer federations and the c.e.o. of a major sports marketing company. by this superseding indictment, i hope the message that the attorney general and my predecessor have made today and on previous occasions is clear. if it's not, let me make it clear and amplify the message even more. we are progressing in our efforts to root out what's amounted to decades of systemic corruption. we're not near the end of this investigation. so we say to you, enough is enough. if you're involved in or have a desire to tar take in this type of -- partake in this type of corruption, now is not the time to hold power or seek to gain power. now is the time to step away, to make room for a new generation of leaders who we hope will give the beautiful game of soccer and millions of its fans the honest leadership it so richly deserves. the hard work that led to the

charges brought in the underlying indictment and this indictment today have been led by assistant u.s. attorney evan norris, to my far right, assistant u.s. attorneys amanda hector, darin la vern, kristen mace, paul tuck minute, keith edelman, tania hajar and brian more ills. along with our partners with the f.b.i. and the i.r.s. criminal investigations division. we look forward to continuing our work with our international partners, particularly the swiss, who we give special thanks to for their efforts and any others who wish to join this effort. because there's more work to be done and we aim to do it. we hope that it becomes an increasingly global effort. thank you and now i turn the podium over to f.b.i. assistant director in charge. mr. rodriguez: thank you. the most recent wave of charges announced today is but one more step forward in our effort to leveling the playing field of

soccer. last may several high ranking officials and corporate executives affiliated with fifa were sbited for their roles in a decades long scheme to corrupt the sport through bribes, kickbacks and other criminal activity. this activity was aimed at controlling lucrative marketing rights to international tournaments such as the world cup. today we charge 16 more defendants in addition to filing superseding charges on 11 others, in a 92-count indictment detailing the alleged ongoing criminal activity of fifa officials and associates. some of the illegal activity was discovered throughout our investigation and predates the original charges. but we have found evidence of newly alleged criminal activity more recently carried about by those whose greedy impulses won out over common sense. today we remind everyone that no one is beyond the reach of the law. and even though soccer is a game to many, it is merely a business enterprise to those

profiting from the athletes and the fans. when criminals bring their corrupt activity to our shores by using u.s. banks and u.s. companies to bait bribes and, -- bribes, they will play by our rules. along with our -- we hold our promise to root out corruption in all its many forms. i want to commend the investigators and prosecutors of the department of justice, the internal revenue service, and the f.b.i. who have pursued this case for so many years. we've made great strides and i m confident we will continue to move in the right direction. thank you. i'd like to introduce now the chief from the i.r.s. mr. weber: thank you. good afternoon, everyone. when i stood to move before you in may in new york to announce the first phase of this investigation, i said that it was a good day for soccer fans around the world. today is another good day. fifa was originally established

with good intent and purpose. unfortunately, as you can see -- -- unfortunately, as you can see from the decades' long corruption that has been uncovered by the u.s. investigation, good intent has been replaced by agreed and misguided goals. my special agents in the i.r.s. are known as the best financial investigators in the world. this case has been nothing short of one of the most complex worldwide financial investigations ever conducted and commend the i.r.s. special agents for their tremendous work and tenacity. the integrity of the u.s. financial system was breached by the individuals named today and in the prior indictment, to promote and conceal their criminal schemes through tax fraud, money laundering, racketeering and other financial crimes. by conspiring to enrich themselves through their criminal conduct relating to media and marketing rights, the defendants undermined the

process of fair play and open competition. i.r.s. c.i. is thoroughly committed to investigate those individuals who engage in corruption, fraud, deceit, designed to satisfy their own agreed. last time i commented that this was the world cup of fraud. and today, through this indictment and the prior one, my statement couldn't be more accurate. in the process of tracing illicit funds through many layers of numerous offshore bank accounts in both the eastern and western hemispheres, we have identified hundreds of millions of dollars, proceeds that went through bank accounts around the world. these funds represent bribery proceeds, enterprise property and profits of illegal contracts from their schemes and money laundering conspiracies. the defendants come from over 20 different countries and we

have traced funds through at least 40 different countries in the course of this investigation. indeed, the world cup of fraud. continue this investigation aimed at bringing to justice those fifa officials, sports marketing company executives, money laundering intermediaries, individuals, corporations or financial institutions that enabled and facilitated such corrupt and illegal schemes. by the time this investigation is concluded, it is my hope that fifa and the member associations around the globe will have taken the necessary steps to reform themselves and will return the game to those that matter most, the people around the world who simply support and love the game of football. everywhere and for all. thank you for your time and i turn the podium back to the attorney general.

ms. lynch: thank you. thank you all. reporter: the president of fifa, who so far you haven't been able to bring charges against, says that this investigation is really about sour grapes by the united states, because it knocked out on its bid to host the world cup. what do you say to that? ms. lynch: i don't have any direct respect response to him. i think he's well aware of the nature of our charges. i think he's spending a great deal of time reading through the 92 pages of our superseding indictment. which i believe speaks for itself. this investigation covers years of conduct by dozens and dozens of people, both in the past and literally into the future. when i called it outrageous and unconscionable before still stands. our investigation is focused on the facts and evidence and where they lead. reporter: to all the persons entitled are in brazil.

there is no -- sbited is in brazil. there's no treaksdigs treaty between brazil and the united states do. we assume that those indictments will go nowhere? d if i can ask you, when new phases of the investigation are announced, what is going to be the focus? what are you going to investigate? ms. lynch: with respect to individuals who are in other countries, including brazil, a number of those countries we have treaties with and some we do not. however, that does not preclude our view that we still may ultimately obtain those defendants in a u.s. courtroom. others have chosen to come in before. and we also do not know about those individuals' travel plans. with respect to the second part of your question, the next phase of our investigation, as we have stated, this investigation is ongoing. i'm not able to comment about the specifics of that. except do say that we still have a number of -- except to say that we still have a number of avenues under investigation and as we resolve more and more individual matters, we learn

more and more avenues to review. all the way to the back. reporter: a couple things. you say in your statement that the alleged bribing and kickbacks -- [inaudible] -- by a major u.s. sponsor company. some reported that that is nike. can you confirm that? secondly, -- [inaudible] -- are you going to go after companies, financial institutions as potential targets or subjects of indictments? ms. lynch: i can't confirm the identities of anyone or the entities beyond what we have enlisted today except to say that the investigation is ongoing. and it is very, very far reaching. and because it is still open and ongoing, i'm not able to give you the specifics to the second part of your answer, so 'm sorry for that. reporter: switching gears back to california, where the nation is gripped with wanting to know

more. can you give us a sense of where the investigation is now? any information that these two suspects were armed, that they were on radar before the attacks? and any information that the suspects were in contact with suspected -- [inaudible] ms. lynch: what i can tell you with regard to the current investigation, i believe a lot of information was provided quite recently by a local press conference and it's also my understanding that there will be another local press conference later this evening. i believe at 7:00 pacific time. and so the specific operational details i will leave to the assistant director in charge as well as the sheriffs who are working on that. i can tell you that the f.b.i. along with a.t.f. and u.s. marshals are directly engaged in this investigation. they are fanning out and doing a number of interviews of individuals who may have information, may not. we simply do not know. we are reviewing all information that we can about the two.

at this point in time it's too early to ascribe either a motive or to describe their connections to other groups. we do know that the gentleman who is deceased, the man who is deceased, was an employee of the organization having the holiday party. so we don't know, as we stated earlier, whether this is workplace rage or something larger or a combination of both. so i really do not want to try and describe their motives or intentions at this point. what i will say is that, as i said before, there will be another press conference later this evening, as we learn more information it will be provided. the director and i did brief the president this morning. he's also very involved in this matter. reporter: one final question. the level of mass shootings we've been seeing in the country this year in particular, how concerned are you about it and what do you plan to do about it? ms. lynch: ty tell you that the loss of life by any means is a matter of grave concern. it is something that we find to

be a tragedy, as in this specific case. whatever the motive. as with all the different types of mass shootings that we've seen, we've seen so many different types of backgrounds of the individuals involved. i think it's incumbent upon all of us to be vigilant in our surroundings, to, if you do see something, say something. whether you think it's terrorism or whether you think it is a workplace rage, someone who may take something out on individuals, law enforcement stands ready to respond. let me go right behind you to the lady. reporter: going back to the brazilian defendant. the absence of extradition does not preclude the possibility of them being presented in u.s. courts. how could this happen without the extradition treaty? and how is the collaboration with the brazilian government? because there is a -- naudible] --

ms. lynch: i'm not going to be able to go into specifics of our discussions with the brazilian authorities. except to say that we actually have had very positive interactions with a number of countries around the world and we look forward to that continuing. to the extent that countries may have taken actions in the general, we still hope that, when it comes to specific cases, we'll be able to work with them on this. as to the specifics of how defendants are obtained by the u.s. in the absence of an extradition treaty, there are also a number of ways defendants -- ways, defendants often choose to come forward, there are a number of ways in which they can come under our jurisdiction. beyond that i can't give specifics. i'm going to go behind you to the lady right behind you. reporter: thank you. i would like to know if you can elaborate a little bit more on under what conditions are these convicted defendants, like sergio -- [inaudible] -- what are the conditions?

are they free, are they under arrest, are they cooperating with the department of justice? can you please tell me a little bit more. ms. lynch: with respect to those individuals, as well as the eight individuals whose guilty pleas we've announced today, we're not announcing the status of any of them in terms of whether they may or may not be witnesses. because it's something we do not discuss before a trial or a proceeding begins. with respect to their bail status, i'll ask the u.s. attorney to give you the specifics on that information. just one moment. mr. capers: i'm actually going to defer that question to ssistant u.s. attorney norris. mr. norris: one man has been released on bail. [laughter] reporter: what does that mean? he cooperates? reporter: can he leave the united states? is he in the united states?

reporter: can he leave the country? ms. lynch: we can't provide further information on his bail conditions at this time. so i apologize for that. let me just also correct something i indicated, that the local press conference regarding the san bernardino matter would be at 7:00 p.m. pacific time. i've been informed it's going to be 7:00 p.m. eastern time. i'm sorry for that misinformation there. let me come all the way to you. reporter: can you explain the rationale behind the feds taking over the case? i understand you're still look at a lot of things, there are still things you don't know, but what's the thought process of the f.b.i. being the lead agency? ms. lynch: we don't know the motivation. we don't know whether it was a terrorist act. we don't know whether it was a workplace rage act. because we can't rule anything out, the f.b.i.'s taking a leadership role. but i do want to stress that this is in conjunction with the local authorities. and with their cooperation. and they've been truly outstanding in this. we simply don't know. i will also note that, as is often the case in these investigative matters, we do

not know where any charges may lie. these two individuals who were the shooters are deceased. we don't know if any others were involved. right now we're focusing on those two individuals. so at this point it is still an investigation, to determine -- although we know what happened, but why did it happen, how did they obtain the means for this, and whales might have been going on? what else might have been planned? reporter: the assistant director in charge in l.a. said earlier today -- yeah. the assistant director in charge in l.a. earlier today said that they are looking at the foreign travels of both suspects. have you reached out to your contemporaries in saudi arabia or pakistan? to garner their assistance? ms. lynch: certainly obviously we always look at foreign travel involved. when we aren't sure of the motivations. in many circumstances. i'm not going to be able to comment on contact that we may taking with our foreign

counterparts. reporter: could you please elaborate on the level of cooperation provided by any of the 20 countries in the hemisphere? you said that -- [inaudible] -- could you elaborate on the region, can you give us an idea of which countries cooperated the most, which ones -- and how? ms. lynch: i can tell you that the swiss authorities cooperated greatly. evan, do you have more to add on that? i will say, however, that in general, we want them all to continue to cooperate with us. so we won't be saying who didn't. [laughter] mr. norris: we have thanked the authorities in brazil and colombia for their assistance but there are also a number of other countries that have cooperated with our investigation and have provided extensive assistance. but at this time we're not identifying which countries

those are. ms. lynch: i'm going to come back to the front, to this lady here. reporter: two quick questions. following up on the california shootings. it was clear that the motivation is -- [inaudible] -- some have suggested this is a hybrid of workplace violence and terrorism and given developments today, it appears the federal government is treating this as terrorism and is pursuing their investigation in that respect. is that accurate? ms. lynch: i would say we're pursuing the investigation wherever it leads. certainly because of the planning that was clearly involved in this, it's something that we have to take very seriously. but we have not ruled out the workplace issue. and something else could develop. this investigation is being worked very intensely. as i indicated, the f.b.i., a.t.f. and the marshals are on the ground with local authorities conducting interviews, reviewing evidence and it is an ongoing, open matter. so at this point i think it would be premature to try and limit it to any one particular

motive. reporter: there are still questions about the suspects. but speaking generally, can you talk about the challenges that you face in trying to identify and track homegrown radicals or terrorists? ms. lynch: we've talked about that in other contexts before. for us, obviously it's a matter of grave concern to us, any threat to the homeland, to u.s. interest here or abroad is of great concern to the department of justice and to me personally as the attorney general. it's something that we take very seriously and we have a wide range of investigative techniques that we utilize for that. as we have discussed, we do it consistent with the protection of civil liberties and privacy interests. i'm not going to be able to go into specifics of any particular case except to say that it's something that's always of grave importance to us and is one of our top priorities. i think the challenges of any investigation are there, whether it's a homegrown extremist or someone who is influenced by overseas teachings, at this point we do not have information. i do want to stress, we do not

have information about what influenced either of these two individuals. we do know that the man was an employee of the company, but we do not know and we cannot limit ourselves to his motivation, nor do we have insight at the moment into the motivations of the woman, his wife, who was with him. while we're not ruling it out, i do not want to essentially give misinformation and indicate that we have an answer hen we do not. reporter: thank you very much. [inaudible] -- first question. brazil was mentioned as one of the countries that are cooperating with the investigation. can you specify what kind of cooperation you're receiving and what else you expect from brazil? -- dly, [inaudible] especially when you mention

there were bribes and kickbacks -- [inaudible] -- could you talk a little bit about -- [inaudible] ms. lynch: at this point, because for any individual not named, i'm not able to discuss their role at all at this point in time. what i can tell you is that the investigation continues and the investigation has many, many focuses and is focused on many individuals. with respect to the cooperation that brazil provided in its investigation, we are extremely grateful to the cooperation of our law enforcement counterparts in brazil and i'm not able to go into the particulars of the cooperation, so i'm sorry for that. reporter: the indictments have said that the kickbacks and bribes were an attempt to get into the lucrative north american markets. the united states is the largest and most lucrative market in the world. yet nobody from the u.s. soccer has been mentioned yet. in these indictments. are they not the subject of the

investigation? or can we expect to see charges for them coming in the future? ms. lynch: i'm not able to comment on any potential subjects. reporter: can we assume from that that if they haven't been sbited so far they won't be the subject of the investigation? ms. lynch: you cannot. i can't comment on any otential subjects. reporter: have you found people from the united states be cooperative? ms. lynch: i'm not going to comment on the level of anyone else's cooperation. there's a lady two people behind you. then i'll come back to the gentleman in front of you. reporter: we understand that there was a raid this morning company agents at a -- d media world in miami [inaudible] -- and we were just wondering if there was any additional information about that raid. and also if you think there will be down the line another series of indictments.

ms. lynch: i'm not able to comment on any other information other than what you have. about media world. what i can say is that this investigation is active, it is ongoing and, as always, we anticipate additional charges. reporter: considering that this is an ongoing and far reaching investigation, can you see a point at which the investigation would affect the ability for russia and qatar to host the next two worlda cups? ms. lynch: i think at this point i'm not able to give any response on that, i'm not able to comment on what may or may not happen with the games that have already been awarded. we're just not able to provide that information. i'm sorry for that. i'll come back to you. i want to make sure if someone hasn't asked a question -- yes. reporter: i appreciate you said repeatedly that there's no motive that's officially been adescribed but is it safe to y, -- [inaudible] -- is it

being currently treated as a terrorism investigation until it's been rolled out, in other words, does the ticket kind of go to the counterterrorism division until otherwise? ms. lynch: it's too early to say. i know what you mean. at this point the f.b.i.'s involved, a.t.f. is involved, the marshals are involved. local law enforcement is involved. everyone is literally surging resources to this. certainly again there could be a terrorism motive, there could not be. has not been ruled out. it has not been finalized. reporter: the f.b.i. is running the show -- [inaudible] ms. lynch: you're hearing from the assistant director in charge of the los angeles office and he's the point of contact if you need and he's the person who is supervising the field operations at this ime. reporter: does the justice department have the scope of he whole size of the bribery

in international soccer or are you -- [inaudible] ms. lynch: i think that we're always learning more information and new information as we've outlined today. however, as the i.r.s. director has indicated, we have noticed accounts running through, i think it was 40 countries. and millions and millions of dollars. so we have, we believe, a very good picture of the scope of the bribery and the scope of the corruption. what concerns us is the alleged depth of the corruption. both in the past and reaching into the future. so while we feel we do have a view into the nature of the corruption, the endemic nature of the corruption and the widespread nature of the corruption that we've alleged both today and in may, we are of course concerned about the viability of the organization going forward and that the organization take all appropriate steps to make sure that its efforts going forward are open, fair and honest.

reporter: you and others have mentioned the frequency with which you have to talk about mass shootings in this country. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts of specific things you can do in the time that you have remaining in office to try to stop some of these, to try to reduce the number of these that you keep having to address? ms. lynch: there's a lot of discussion about matters that could possibly be helpful in terms of how we handle these cases. some of those actions would have to be taken by congress, of course. i don't know whether they're having those discussions or not. i don't have any announcements for you today. except to say that we will continue to investigate and prosecute these cases to the fullest ex ternt of our resources -- extent of our resources, not just the f.b.i. but the a.t.f. is completely invested in these. reporter: there's no a.t.f. director right now. ms. lynch: we don't have a confirmed a.t.f. director. the current leader of the a.t.f. is an outstanding

veteran agent, former marine, with years of experience, and a complete dedication to the protection of the american people. both the administration and i have the greatest confidence in him as he's leading the agency. to we are committed investigating and prosecuting these gun cases to the fullest extent of our ability. is there anyone who has not asked a question? it was this young lady and this gentleman here. did you ask a question? you're the last three. you know this. all right. ok. [laughter] reporter: the subject of international cooperation specific to switzerland, what was your reaction to switzerland's decision in september to announce its criminal inquiry into someone by name? ms. lynch: i was with the attorney general of switzerland during that time period. and congratulated him on the investigative work that his

office had taken and thanked him again for their great cooperation with us. their investigation is preceding and i don't have a comment beyond that except to say that we think that the more s looking at this important issue the better. reporter: just to ask you, there's obviously a big soccer tournament taking place on u.s. soil next year. when the american public sits down to watch that or goes to the games, can you assure them that the deals underpinning that tournament are straight? ms. lynch: that's an excellent question. and it's a good question. i think our investigation would seek to do that. and for that to happen, we certainly need the continued efforts of all those who work in international soccer to make sure that the deals they strike are free of corruption and the reforms that fifa puts in place are open and transparent and give the public that confidence that you're talking about.

reporter: i had a question. thank you. about a very interesting line in the press release, where it was said that the forfeitures that have been gained through this case are being reserved against possible claims for restitution. that could come in the various criminal cases. who would the victims be in cases like this, who would actually seek restitution? it's kind of an interesting question. ms. lynch: yes. i'm going to ask evan to address that. it's our view that because this corruption hurts those people who participate in the game, as well as the organization itself, and fifa does have many outstanding commitments there, that we felt it was appropriate to take that step. mr. norris: it's too early to say what the full scope of the potential victims are in this case. but i think it's fair to say that certainly fifa, concacaf, conmebol, the soccer federations whose officials are -- have engaged in bribery are

victims in the case and their constituents, including the youth leagues and the other members of those bodies that rely on them for support are harmed by the corruption of their officials and former officials. if there comes a point in time that victims such as those or victims of a different type can come before the court and apply for restitution, we're certainly hopeful that those types of true victims, the constituentses of the soccer organizations and others, can get some of these forfeiture moneys that have been collected to date. ms. lynch: thank you all. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> attorney general loretta lynch will be speaking tonight. earlier today she made remarks at the white house about yesterday's shooting in san bernardino, california.

ms. lynch: let me he can o'the words about the tragic events in california yesterday. just before we move on to that. as you may have heard, the department of justice has dispatched the f.b.i., the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, and the u.s. marshals service personnel to the scene, as soon as that assault began. and we continue to work closely alongside our state and local law enforcement partners who are working so hard on the scene and its aftermath. and, let me assure you that as this investigation unfolds, we will be offering any and all assistance necessary to the local authorities and to the people of san bernardino who have been so profoundly affected by this unspeakable crime. let me simply say that whatever the results of this investigation, we don't know a lot right now. but one thing is clear. that violence like this has no place in this country. and in this nation. [applause]

this is not what we stand for, this is not what we do, this is not what we work for. it's not what we live for. it's antithetical to our values. i don't have any operational updates for you at this time, those will come later, from the local authorities who are on the scene. but i do want to express not only my deepest condolences, but also ask that you join me in standing with our colleagues, our friends, our partners in san bernardino who are suffering with this and add all of our thoughts and prayers to them at this time. along with them and also the brave public safety officials bho w.h.o. have put themselves in harm's way to stop this assault and to save others. so i thank you for that moment of silence and i thank all of you for your continued support as we move forward with this investigation. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> more from attorney general loretta lynch tonight at the annual dinner of the group muslim advocates. we'll have live coverage at

8:30 p.m. eastern. you can watch it here on -span. >> coming up this weekend on c-span -- >> you have a third leg in the progressive movement which is the racial justice leg, which has no home and has no candidate. and you're talking about the dreamers on the latino side, the black lives matter movement, you're talking about idle no more among native americans. you have a racial justice third wing of the party with no candidate and no voice and not even the pretense of a black candidate to mask all of that and they exploded into public view. >> then coming up sunday evening at 6:30, the republican jewish coalition presidential forum. featuring republican presidential candidates sharing

their thoughts on terrorism, israel and national security. for the full weekend lineup go o our website, c-span.org. >> defense secretary ashton carter announced today the military will open all combat jobs to women. in remarks from the pentagon briefing room, he said there will be no exceptions to the new policy. mr. carter: good afternoon, or good morning. no, it's good afternoon. thanks for being here. appreciate it. before i turn to my statement on the subject about which i'd like to speak to you, i'd first like to offer my condolences to the families of those who were killed yesterday in san bernardino, california. president obama just spoke about this tragedy. we're monitoring the situation closely in coordination with

the rest of the president's national security team. our highest priority, of course, is the protection of our people. the law enforcement community is taking the lead on this and they'll be able to provide more information as it becomes available. i'm confident they'll have more answers in the days ahead. let me now turn to my statement. when i became secretary of defense, i made a commitment to building america's force of the future. the all-volunteer military that will defend our nation for genetions to come. like our outstanding force of today, our force of the future must continue to benefit from the best people america has to offer. in the 21st century, that requires drawing strength from the broadest possible pool of talent. this includes women. because they make -- make up over 50% of the american population.

to succeed in our mission of national defense, we cannot afford to cut ourselves off from half the country's talents and skills. we have to take full advantage of every individual who can meet our standards. the defense department has increasingly done this in recent decades. in 1975, for example, opening up the military service academies to women. and in 1993, allowing women to fly fighter jets and serve on combat ships at sea. about the same time, though, d.o.d. also issued the direct ground combat definition and assignment rule. which still prohibited women from being assigned to units whose primary mission was engaging in direct ground combat. that rule was in turn rescinded in january, 2013, when then secretary panetta directed that all positions be opened to

qualified women by january 1, 2016. that is less than one month from today. while also giving the secretary of the army, the secretary of the navy, the secretary of the air force and the commander of u.s. special operations command three years to request any exceptions. which would have to be reviewed first by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and then approved by the secretary of defense. as many of you know, i was deputy secretary of defense at the time. that decision reflected, among other things, the fact that by that time the issue of women in combat per se was no longer a question. it was a reality. because women had seen combat throughout the wars in iraq and afghanistan. serving, fighting and in some cases making the ultimate sacrifice alongside their fellow comrades in arms.

we've made important strides over the last three years since then. we've seen women soldiers graduate from the army's ranger school, we have women serving on submarines and we've opened over 111,000 positions to women across the services. while that represents real progress, it also means that approximately 10% of positions in the military, that is nearly 220,000, currently remain closed to women. including infantry, armor, reconnaissance and some special operations units. over the last three years the senior, civilian and military leaders across the army, navy, air force, marine corps and special operations command have been studying the integration of women into these positions. last month i received the recommendations. as well as the data, studies and surveys on which they were

based. regarding whether any of those remaining positions warrant a continued exemption from being opened to women. i reviewed these inputs carefully and today i'm announcing my decision not to make continued exceptions. that is, to proceed with opening all that is, torter: proceed with opening all these remaining occupations and positions to women. there will be no exceptions. this means that as long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before. they will be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat. they'll be able to serve as army rangers, green berets, navy seals, marine corps infantry, parajumpers and everything else that was previously open only to men. even more importantly, our

military will be better able to harness the skills and perspectives that talented women no exceptions was the recommendation of the sec retear -- secretary of the army, secretary of the navy, as well as the secretary of the army and the u.s. special operations command. while the marine corps asked for a partial exception in some areas such as infantry, machine gunner, fire support, reconnaissance and others, we are a joint force and i decided to make a decision which applies to the entire force. let me explain how i came to this decision. first i've been mindful of several issues in this process. mission effectiveness is most important. defending this country is our primary responsibility and cannot be comprose