PM: Mandelblit rushing indictment under pressure from left, media

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expressing unhappiness with a decision by the attorney general to push ahead with a possible graft indictment, blaming the move on pressure from the left and media.

Avichai Mandelblit on Wednesday rejected a request to collect further evidence that Netanyahu says could exonerate him.

Netanyahu writes on Twitter that Mandelblit is “rushing to announce a decision before elections, though the truth will only come out in a hearing after elections.”

Mandelblit is widely expected to announce a decision to indict Netanyahu on bribery charges in three cases in the coming weeks. Charges can only be filed after a hearing, which will take place after the April 9 vote.