Ex-Attorney General Mandelblit Begins Testimony in Netanyahu Trial
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit began testifying Sunday in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial. Netanyahu's defense team anticipates questioning Mandelblit for seven sessions. The defense claims Mandelblit failed to obtain necessary legal approval to launch the investigation against Netanyahu.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit began testifying in Benjamin Netanyahu's trial on Sunday.
- Netanyahu's defense team expects to question Mandelblit over seven court sessions.
- The defense alleges Mandelblit did not secure required legal approval for the investigation.
- The trial concerns the 'Cases of the Thousand' against the Prime Minister.
Avichai Mandelblit, the former Attorney General, is set to begin testifying on Sunday in the Jerusalem District Court as part of the defense case for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu's defense team expects to question Mandelblit over seven hearings regarding their claims of investigative failures. Since the start of the trial concerning the 'Cases of the Thousand,' the defense has argued that Mandelblit did not provide the legally required approval to open an investigation against Netanyahu.
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