Judges accept PM’s request to cancel a day of testimony in trial this week

Judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing criminal trial accept the premier’s request to cancel a scheduled hearing this week due to a discussion in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

The request filed to the Jerusalem District Court had said the testimony would come at the expense of the prime minister appearing at “an important security discussion that cannot be changed or moved,” and asked that the hearing be canceled on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Additionally, Netanyahu will fly to Hungary on Wednesday for a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He will remain there until Sunday morning with his entourage and security detail at taxpayer expense.

Last month, judges granted Netanyahu’s request to hear his testimony twice a week instead of three times a week as originally planned, however he has been expected to testify three days this week after asking that a hearing be canceled last week.