Sara Netanyahu arrives for questioning at Lahav 433

The prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, arrives at police’s Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit to be questioned under caution over suspected spending irregularities at the Prime Minister’s Residence, despite a request by the family’s lawyer to close the investigation.

Police are set to question Sara Netanyahu as part of an ongoing investigation into the cash management at the official and private residences of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Hebrew media reports.

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives to testify at the trial of former employee Guy Eliyahu in the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court, October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Last week Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein rejected an urgent request by Sara Netanyahu’s attorney for a meeting ahead of his decision on whether to order an investigation into her conduct.