The Israeli police is conducting a criminal investigation in Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a letter on Sunday, in a letter.
“A criminal inquiry was opened” in suspected criminal offenses, the office said in a letter to an Israeli opposition legalist, who accused Sara Netanyahu of tampering with her husband’s corruption test after a broadcast of television news investigation in December.
Nama Lazimi, a member of the cassette for the Democrats, shared a letter on X on Sunday, confirming that a criminal investigation was confirmed, saying that his office after examining the UVDA news program of Israel Channel 12. The lawyer was approached.
The show alleged that Sara Netanyahu tried to scare a major witness in her husband’s ongoing corruption test.
According to the program, he organized demonstrations to consider the Attorney General, his deputy and other persons as hostile.
The office of the state’s Attorney said that the investigation was “being conducted by the Israeli Police with the Cyber Department of the State Attorney Office”.
In December, Benjamin Netanyahu testified in corruption test, in which he faced allegations of bribery, fraud and violation of public trust in three separate cases, allegations against him was called “ridiculous”.
The test, which was delayed several times since the first start in May 2020, is going to last for months, with an appeal process that may occur in long cases.
Netanyahu, who filed several requests to delay the proceedings based on the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, has constantly denied any wrongdoing.
In the first case, Netanyahu and his wife are accused of accepting luxury goods worth more than $ 260,000 such as cigars, jewelery and champagne in exchange for political favor.
He is the first sitting premiere to face criminal trial in the country.
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