State Attorney’s Office floats retired Supreme Court judge to oversee Sde Teiman probe, rejecting Levin’s proposal

The State Attorney’s Office proposes to the High Court of Justice that it appoint a retired Supreme Court judge to oversee the criminal investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak scandal.

The proposal also calls on the court to annul Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s decision to appoint State Ombudsman for Judges Asher Kula, insisting that there can be no involvement of political officials, including Levin, in appointing an official to oversee a criminal investigation.

According to the State Attorney’s Office proposal, the retired judge appointed by the court would oversee the criminal investigation and would be granted all relevant authorities and access to documents.

Officials from the State Attorney’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office would have any involvement in any aspect of the investigation that deals with the role of officials from those agencies.

The police would be entitled to consult with the State Attorney’s Office Cyber Department, if the police deem it necessary.

The police would be able to consult with the appointed judge without needing to go through any intermediary, and vice versa.

The High Court told both the Attorney General’s Office and Levin’s representatives on Tuesday that if they did not come to an agreement it would issue a final ruling, which is now expected to be issued on Sunday as a result of the failure of the two sides to come to a compromise.