Judge orders Blazer's plea agreement unsealed

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(Reuters) - The U.S. judge presiding over the corruption cases of indicted soccer officials has ordered prosecutors to unseal the plea agreement between former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer and the U.S. government. Media outlets last week called for the plea agreement to be unsealed in the wake of the indictments of 14 soccer and media executives for corruption but U.S. authorities have opposed the move. "Because the court concludes that the government has not met its high burden of establishing that continued sealing is necessary to prevent a substantial probability of prejudice to a compelling government interest, the applications to unseal the agreement are granted," U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie said in a transcript of the court opinion.

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