Nir Hefetz, a former top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will testify that the premier and his wife Sara did not ask him to offer the post of attorney general to Judge Hila Gerstel in exchange for closing an investigation into Sara, the Haaretz daily reports.
The report comes as Hefetz provides testimony to investigators in the Bezeq corruption probe, according to Hadashot TV news.
That investigation, known as Case 4000, involves suspicions that Netanyahu advanced regulations benefiting Bezeq owner Shaul Elovitch in exchange for positive coverage at Bezeq’s Walla news site.
The Ynet news site reported earlier today that Hefetz is in talks to turn state’s witness in Case 4000, which would make the third former Netanyahu confidante to turn state’s witness in cases involving the prime minister.
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