Lawyers for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ask a Tel Aviv court to issue a gag order on the publication in Israel of all recordings taken from his interrogations for his corruption trial.
The request comes following the showing last week of “The Bibi Files,” a nearly two-hour film, that includes never-before-seen leaked footage of Netanyahu’s interrogations at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
It’s not clear why Netanyahu’s lawyers make the request as it is already illegal in Israel to publish recordings from inside the interrogations.
Netanyahu is also demanding that police investigate who leaked the files, the Ynet news site reports.
In 2019, following years of police investigation of suspected criminal malfeasance, Netanyahu was charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, all of which he has vehemently denied.
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