Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, a central figure in world soccer's deepening scandal, has vowed to tell investigators all he knows about corruption within the sport's governing body.
In a paid political address titled "The gloves are off" broadcast in Trinidad and Tobago late last night, Mr Warner said he feared for his life, but would reveal everything he knows.
He said he had instructed his lawyers to contact law enforcement officials both in his homeland and overseas.
He said some of the documents he had related to financial dealings with FIFA, some of which are being investigated by US authorities.
But he also said he had documents linking FIFA with the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago government elections.
Later in the evening Mr Warner, a prominent local politician and businessman, addressed supporters of his Independent Liberal Party's rally.
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"Whatever he did or didn't do was not inconsistent with FIFA's practice for over 100 years," he explained.
"What difference does it make between bin Hammam and Beckham coaching clinics at the Centre of Excellence?"
The Trinidadian also said that he wrote the FIFA president a letter after hearing of his decision to resign.
"I said to him, 'Sepp Blatter I sympathise with you because I was in 2011 where you are today. The only difference is that you caused my demise, I didn't cause yours."
Mr Warner is among more than a dozen officials charged by the US Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150m in bribes.
Prosecutors say Mr Warner solicited bribes worth millions and charged him with offences including racketeering and bribery.
His address came hours after American Chuck Blazer, another former FIFA executive committee member, admitted taking bribes relating to a range of tournaments, including the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.
