The widening corruption investigation into Coalition Chairman David Bitan will mark the end of his political career, an anonymous source tells Channel 10 news.
The source says the bribery and money laundering scheme involving Bitan amounts to tens of millions of shekels, and that police investigators only presented him with the fraction of the evidence against him during his 13-hour marathon questioning yesterday.
“Bitan’s political career is over, but he doesn’t know it yet,” a law enforcement source tells the TV station. “Investigators didn’t even present him with one-thousandth of the evidence they have against him, and more questioning will be coming.”
“This isn’t just about a quid pro quo, its more about the bribery and money laundering,” he adds. “Its a strong case.”
Bitan is suspected of having received a bribe from a crime figure in return for swaying a real estate tender in his favor when he served as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion between 2005 and 2015.
He was questioned by police for over 13 hours yesterday.
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