Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attorneys have requested that the indictment against him be amended “due to serious deficiencies.”
The lawyers take issue with what they claim is the indictment “treating the prime minister and his family as though they are one.”
It “invented a new legal persona named ‘Netanyahu and his family” or ‘Netanyahu and his wife.’
“The prosecution can not accuse the prime minister with acts allegedly committed by his wife and son,” they say.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
They also complain that various other details are problematic, including evidence presented against the premier that should not be included at the indictment state, This, they say, is the result of “a flawed and biased investigative process, and considerations that stand in contravention of the principles of justice and fairness.”
Any amendments to the indictment would likely delay the premier’s trial, which is set to go into high gear in January.
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