Israeli Attorney General intends to indict Netanyahu’s wife for misuse of state funds – Israeli TV
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According to IsraeliHadashot TV, the country’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife for allegedly diverting state funds for her own personal use.
According to Channel 10, Mandelblit rejected a proposal from Sara Netanyahu’s lawyers, according to which she would confess to the charges and partially reimburse the state, in exchange for the state dropping the probe without indictment.
The Tv news also reported that Mandelblit had rejected the proposal by Netanyahu’s lawyers, but it said he had given them until the end of the week to propose a reimbursement acceptable to prosecutors.
In September, Mandelblit informed Netanyahu that he intended to indict her for fraud for allegedly diverting some NIS 360,000 ($104,000) in public funds for her own use, with the specific intention of avoiding payment of personal expenses. The indictment was contingent on a series of hearings, during which attempts were made to arrive at a compromise.
The charges relate to the overdrawing of funds from state coffers for private meals ordered to the Prime Minister’s Residence.
