Avichai Mandelblit the previous Attorney General has now arrived in court for the second day of his testimony and has shut himself up in an inner room
After locking himself up in a side room: Former Attorney General Mandelblit enters the courtroom
Adv. Haddad Toef: Did you ever find out that the investigative materials they produced from Ilan Yeshua's phone were warrants that dealt with other suspicions?
Mandelblit: No
Drama in Netanyahu's trial: Mandelblit breaks down and admits: Dozens of key investigative actions were carried out without authorization and in violation of the law. Mandelblit also admitted that the attempt to recruit a state witness against a sitting prime minister was carried out without his knowledge, in complete violation of the law. (Castel)
Avichai Mandelblit confirmed today in court that he did not approve the production of materials from Shaul Elovitch's email inbox. According to the defense, an ISA investigator produced the materials about Netanyahu in July 2017, months before the attorney general's approval. But he said he was not convinced that he had deliberately concealed moves from him.
Mandelblit also confirms that he believed there were leaks to the media in Netanyahu's files. and asked to replace the team of attorneys because of this. According to him, it was a feeling and not a knowledge. He confirmed that no one had ordered an investigation into who leaked. According to Attorney Hadad, Liat Ben-Ari was in contact with journalist Gidi Weitz. Prosecutor Tirosh objected: "Enough of defaming."
Adv. Hadad: Did you tell anyone that the leaks by the attorney were intended to put pressure on you? Mandelblit: I may have said (Yael Yaffe).
Mandelblit has fallen apart and is now abandoning the courtroom
MK Tali Gottlieb on Mandelblit: "At the very least, he should be convicted of the offense of breach of trust"
Defense attorney Hadad: They took the attorney general and trapped him:
Prosecutor Tirosh: The State Attorney's Office is not accused here:
The head of the panel stopped the hearing and summoned them to her office.
The point isn't about whether or not he's guilty.
ReplyDeleteJust like the fraudulent indictments against Bibi and Gallant at the ICC are rephrased as "proof" of guilt, so too this ongoing trial is "proof" that Bibi is a criminal. They will keep it up until he's out of power and then admit "Oh well, maybe we don't have a case after all"