AG to charge Likud MK with bribery in graft case

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to charge Likud MK David Bitan with bribery, pending a hearing.

Mandelblit will also charge Bitan with fraud and breach of trust.

Bitan is accused of receiving NIS 992,000 bribes while serving as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion and as a Knesset member.

He has denied wrongdoing.

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