AG calls to open investigation into Sara Netanyahu on allegations of interfering in trial

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s office calls for the opening of an investigation into accusations that Sara Netanyahu sought to intimidate a witness and interfere in the corruption case against her husband.

In a brief statement, the attorney general and state attorney say they call for an investigation into Netanyahu on allegations of witness harassment and obstruction of justice, citing a recent investigative report aired by Channel 12’s “Uvda.”

The report, which was based on the correspondence of Benjamin Netanyahu’s late aide Hanni Bleiweiss, also found that Sara Netanyahu had orchestrated a protest outside the home of a family whose fighter pilot son had been killed in combat; encouraged police officers who used violence against anti-government protesters; sought to intimidate a key witness and prosecutors in her husband’s corruption cases; and mistreated the premier’s longtime secretary, who succumbed to cancer in 2023.

Earlier today, Benjamin Netanyahu released a four-minute video railing against the media for purported attacks on his wife, accusing them of pushing a “blood libel” against her.

Members of the right-wing government have been leading a campaign for months to fire Baharav-Miara, with leaders of the coalition parties having already agreed to go ahead with such a move.