• Former vice-president addressed political rally in Trinidad • ‘If I’ve been thieving Fifa money for 30 years, who gave me the money?’

The disgraced former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been pictured dancing and at a political rally just hours after he was released from prison and taken to hospital in an ambulance citing exhaustion.

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Warner was arrested in a sweeping corruption probe launched by US authorities this week and taken to prison in Trinidad’s capital Port of Spain. On Thursday, the 72-year-old appeared in court, where a judge detailed eight counts against him and then set bail at 2.5m Trinidadian dollars ($395,000). He was also told he must surrender his passport and report to police twice a week.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police officers stand guard as an ambulance carrying Warner leaves the state prison in Port-of-Spain. Photograph: Andrea De Silva/Reuters

Warner did not enter a plea and was scheduled to appear in court again on 12 July, but police said there was a delay in processing his bail and he would spend one night in jail. However, after complaining of exhaustion, Warner was taken to hospital for treatment but was later pictured surrounded by supporters during a political rally organised by his Independent Liberal Party in Chaguanas.

“If I have been thieving Fifa money for 30 years, who gave me the money? How come he is not charged? Why only persons from Third World countries have been charged?” Warner asked at the rally.

Warner is facing extradition to the US to stand trial but denied any wrongdoing in a statement on Thursday.

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“The people of Trinidad and Tobago will know that I quit Fifa and international football more than four years ago and that over the past several years I have recommitted my life to the work of improving the lot of every citizen of every creed and race in this nation,” it read.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jack Warner has been accused of soliciting bribes as part of a vast corruption case against senior football officials. Photograph: Andrea De Silva/Reuters

“This is where I have let my bucket down. I have fought fearlessly against all forms of injustice and corruption.

“I have been afforded no due process and I have not even been questioned in this matter.

“I reiterate that I am innocent of any charges. I have walked away from the politics of world football to immerse myself in the improvement of lives in this country where I shall, God willing, die.”