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Ex-general Ofer Winter gives testimony in probe of PM’s chief of staff — report
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Police took testimony from Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter, a controversial ex-general, as part of an ongoing investigation into the prime minister’s chief of staff, Channel 13 reports.
Police are probing Tzachi Braverman on suspicion of interfering with an IDF investigation into the leak of classified information to the German Bild newspaper by Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former media adviser.
The investigation is focused on an alleged overnight meeting between Braverman and Feldstein in the underground parking lot of the IDF’s Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, during which Braverman allegedly informed the latter of a secret IDF probe into the leak, saying he could quash it.
Winter gave testimony to police about his personal ties with Feldstein and what the ex-spokesman told him about the overnight meeting, according to Channel 13.
Responding to a request for comment from the outlet, Winter says he was asked by police to give open testimony and “did so willingly.”
Braverman, who is set to become ambassador to the United Kingdom, is currently barred from leaving the country due to restrictive conditions imposed by the Lod District Court until February 24, as police continue to investigate the matter.
The Times of Israel Community.