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Thursday, February 22, 2018
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Remand extended for ex-Netanyahu spokesman suspected of trying to bribe judge
Nir Hefetz, a former spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family sees his detention extended for another three days over bribery suspicions.
Hefetz is suspected of suggesting in 2015 that a judge could be appointed attorney general if she agreed to halt an investigation into the prime minister’s wife Sara.
At the remand hearing, police told the judge that Hefetz, who was arrested on Sunday, was exercising his right to remain silent.
The alleged attempts to bribe a judge has been dubbed by police as Case 1270, and is one of several corruption scandals involving the prime minister.
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