AG says she can’t attend Knesset hearing on Sde Teiman leak since it will interfere with investigation

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara will not attend a hearing in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee this morning on the Sde Teiman video leak scandal despite being summoned.

In a letter sent by Baharav-Miara’s assistant to committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman, she tells him that no law enforcement officials will be able to attend since it could interfere with the criminal investigation into the affair.

The letter also states that “the law enforcement agencies did not have any information on the source of the leak” before developments in the case last week that led to the resignation and subsequent arrest of military advocate general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.

Rothman summoned Baharav-Miara together with State Attorney Amit Aisman and other senior law enforcement figures to discuss what Rothman has alleged are the “conflicts of interest” in the involvement of the attorney general in the criminal investigation, due to Baharav-Miara’s involvement in the submission of problematic statements to the High Court on the matter on behalf of the Military Advocate General’s Office.

“The law is binding on everyone, including the attorney general. It is not surprising that the person who has a conflict of interests and is working to interfere with the investigation is violating the law and refuses to present herself in Knesset,” responds Rothman sharply.