Ben-Gvir Accuses Attorney General of Interfering in Election Probe
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir accused Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of interfering with an investigation into election rigging. Ben-Gvir called for Baharav-Miara to be removed from the case, stating Shin Bet head David Zini should lead the probe. He asserted that the elections were stolen, despite the Election Committee chairman's ruling against appealing the results. The Attorney General's office has not yet commented on Ben-Gvir's statements.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Itamar Ben-Gvir accused the Attorney General of election probe interference.
- Ben-Gvir demanded the Attorney General be removed from the election rigging investigation.
- He stated Shin Bet head David Zini should lead the investigation into election rigging.
- Ben-Gvir claimed the elections were stolen, despite official rulings.
- The Attorney General's office has not yet responded to the accusations.
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday evening responded to reports of a dispute between Shin Bet head David Zini and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara concerning the investigation of Arab Knesset members as part of an inquiry into election interference. Ben-Gvir attacked the Attorney General, calling for Zini to be allowed to lead the investigation into the election rigging allegations.
"The serious reports about the Attorney General's intervention, which attempts to thwart the election rigging investigation, are proof of what I have been saying for four years: that she should have been fired, dismissed," Ben-Gvir stated. He added, "Unfortunately, at the beginning, my colleagues did not agree with me. Slowly they understood that this is an Attorney General who tried to incriminate a minister, tried to incriminate me, ordered the head of the Shin Bet to follow me and act against me. For this alone, she should have been sent home."
Ben-Gvir further demanded, "I demand now to remove her, to move her, not to allow her to interfere in the election rigging investigation. She is polluting the investigation, she must not send her fingers. The Attorney General must move, the one who needs to conduct the investigation is Shin Bet head David Zini."
Despite the determination by Zini and Election Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg this week that there is no basis to appeal the general election results, Ben-Gvir concluded by asserting, "I say in the simplest way: the elections were stolen here! The people of Israel do not accept the theft of the elections!"
The Attorney General's office has not yet responded to Ben-Gvir's remarks.
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