Insufficient evidence to charge Herzog for illicit funding — police

1 September 2016, 3:41 pm

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Police say there is not enough evidence to charge opposition leader Isaac Herzog with receiving illicit campaign funds during the Labor Party leadership race three years ago.

The suspicions surfaced in late May, and hinge on direct payments made by donors to members of Herzog’s ultimately successful campaign. According to reports, police had invoices showing Herzog may have known about the allegedly illicit transactions. But police said today that there is not enough proof that Herzog did know about the donations.

Herzog rejected the accusations, calling the suspicions the product of “delusional political muckraking” promoted by the rival Likud party and “frustrated activists.”