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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNBC NEWS ***BREAKING***Trump ally, Bibi Netanyahu indicted for bribery and fraud
Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges after a two-year investigation.
The prime minister faces one count of bribery and two counts of fraud and breach of trust.
Police have previously recommended indicting Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases.
Police recommended an indictment in the case based on evidence collected that confidants of Netanyahu promoted regulatory changes worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Bezeq. In exchange, they believe Netanyahu used his connections with Elovitch to receive positive press coverage on Bezeq's popular subsidiary news site, Walla. Police have said their investigation concluded that Netanyahu and Elovitch engaged in a "bribe-based relationship."
Police also recommended charges be brought against Elovitch, members of his family and members of his Bezeq management team.
Police have previously recommended indicting Netanyahu on corruption charges in two other cases. One involves accepting gifts from billionaire friends, and the second revolves around alleged offers of advantageous legislation for a major newspaper in return for favorable coverage.
Netanyahu, 69, who is serving his third consecutive term as prime minister and his fourth overall, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and called the various allegations against him a witch hunt aimed at removing him from office.
The attorney general's decision to publish his conclusions 39 days prior to the general election on April 9 is raising questions about what impact it can have on the outcome of the vote.
Israeli media reported Thursday that with just hours to go before Mandelblit's anticipated decision to indict Netanyahu, his Likud Party filed a petition to the Supreme Court to stop the announcement from happening before the election on the grounds that it would unfairly impact on Netanyahu's prospects of re-election. However, the court's spokesperson confirmed later in the afternoon that the petition was rejected.
The indictment marks the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Hate Bibi and Trump, love both nations.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Beakybird
(3,333 posts)I have cousins in Israel that are staunch supporters. Bad day for them. Great day for Israel, IMO.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,150 posts)a right wing Israeli party don't you?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Mueller wont indict Trump while hes in office.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)And we don't know what Barr will do once he sees the evidence. It's really up to him, I think.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)then claiming no one can pull you over, that you can go as fast as you want as long as the lights and siren are on. Utter, appalling bullshit.
RockRaven
(14,968 posts)if what has made it into the news is to be believed.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Mr. Smith
(65 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)It's wonderful day for democracy lovers in Israel. They have many better qualified people in their ranks. Good riddance to the crook among them.
I found this link to nbc coverage. Feel free to put it in your post and I will delete mine.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571
triron
(22,006 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)More Repug shame.
comradebillyboy
(10,150 posts)I thought Bibi would find a way to suppress this indictment. Maybe Jared can help.
malaise
(269,020 posts)the Con should be next
3_Limes
(363 posts)Thanks!
The World will be a much, much better place w/ this guy out of power!
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)And they all lead up to Trump.
Be afraid asshole. Be afraid.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)He's been HORRIBLE for Israel and hopefully this will end his era as leader.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)edhopper
(33,580 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)underpants
(182,823 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,129 posts)when he gets with such a person (a fellow crook).
He enthusiastically praises the person that he's talking about at that time, to the point that it is sickening (like his praise of putin, other dictators).
Here's the 'tell' ... if you didn't know anything about that person before rump met and then praised them, then you know for sure that here is a person that games the system and/or is a crook (we may not know at the time how or why), but they are a crook and/or a fraud.
But this doesn't follow w/ our military service branches (I wanted to make sure that our esteemed military don't get blamed for some of the crap going down w/ rump, e.g., Flynn, etc.).
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)POS. Fuck this crook.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Depose both of these criminal world leaders.
kysrsoze
(6,021 posts)kysrsoze
(6,021 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)Israel gets 6 billion dollars in aid from U.S. tax payers, and that thieving douce bag has had the nerve to look down his nose at Obama!
I hope Israel puts him in prison very soon!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Well, THAT sounds familiar, doesn't it?
People in democracies seem to be getting fed up and willing to go the distance to criminally indict their leaders. We are trying to do that.
We'll get our criminal indicted, sooner or later. Trump never gives up. But neither will we, the people.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Another wannabe fascist dictator.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)dchill
(38,501 posts)"..So you have to listen to that."
(My Trump impression for today.)
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)UTUSN
(70,700 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Who knew??
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why would Likud think that announcement would unfairly impact Netanyahu's prospects for re-election? Aren't the voters entitled to know the whole story and all the facts about the various parties and their candidates? It's good that the Israeli Supreme Court didn't buy the New York Times Excuse for Sitting On Derogatory Information in Advance of an Election Because It Might Make One Candidate Look Bad, Especially a Republican Candidate.
ashling
(25,771 posts)Don't they realize that if indict the guy at the top their whole government grinds to a halt?
This idiotic "we can't indict a sitting president crap is just that. It's as if he could shoot somebody on 5th avenue.
It's not as if the vice president is doing anything.
He only has two jobs he is president of the senate and he serves as president when the real guy is incapacitated.
triron
(22,006 posts)It is just nonsense to not allow it. After all he is illegally in the WH imo.
Hillary is the one entitled to it.
Takket
(21,573 posts)The rethugs bypassing Obama and inviting this scumbag to address congress was one of the greatest diplomatic disgraces in history.
ZeroSomeBrains
(638 posts)ooky
(8,923 posts)Not.