Reports claim A-G shut down bid to widen probe against Netanyahu

Channel 2 and Haaretz both report that Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is opposed to widening a probe into suspicions of spending irregularities by Netanyahu and his wife Sara.

According to the reports, Mendelblit turned down a police request to look into suspicions that former Netanyahu fundraiser Ari Harow used money to pay for flights for Sara Netanyahu, as well as for an adviser.

Mendelblit reportedly told the police that the direction was a dead end. The main probe into the Netanyahus’ spending is continuing.

In response, a statement on behalf of the Netanyahus denies any wrongdoing and accuses the press of trying to influence the investigation.

“All the activities of the prime minister and his wife in the period discussed, and any time, were done by the law and accepted standards,” the statement reads. “The attempts by those in the media to put undue pressure on law enforcement authorities, so they will act against Netanyahu, also won’t work this time, for the simple reason that there is nothing to [the claims].”