Ex-Attorney General Mandelblit Testifies in Netanyahu Corruption Trial
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit began testifying as a defense witness on Sunday in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial. Mandelblit's testimony is crucial to the defense's argument that police investigators exceeded the scope of his authorized probes into Netanyahu. The trial, which began in May 2020, involves allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust across three cases. Mandelblit's oral approvals and their documentation are a central point of legal dispute.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit testified Sunday in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial.
- Mandelblit's testimony focuses on whether police exceeded the scope of his investigation authorizations.
- Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery in three separate cases.
- The defense claims investigators went beyond Mandelblit's oral approvals, which were documented in ministry minutes.
- Netanyahu denies all wrongdoing in the cases that began in May 2020.
- Mandelblit's testimony is expected to conclude before the October 27 election.
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