Tally Gotliv doubles down after appearing to violate law against revealing name of cop under investigation

Likud MK Tally Gotliv doubles down on her social media post publicly revealing the identity of a senior police officer under criminal investigation, citing a gag order imposed on the case that allows for the publication of the suspect’s name.

“To all the morons and the sheep in the herd, I’m happy to attach Judge Erlich’s decision at the explicit request of the Department of Internal Police Investigations not to forbid the publication of the name of the deputy commissioner…” she writes on X, in a post that once again identifies the suspect.

Though it does not violate the gag order, Gotliv’s post appears to infringe on a law that prohibits identifying a suspect within 48 hours of the start of their initial interrogation, so long as they have not yet appeared in court.

If a suspect is brought to court within the first 48 hours after their interrogation, their identity can be made public at the conclusion of the hearing.

The police officer has not yet appeared before a judge, since he was released home after his initial interrogation last night.

The officer is suspected of breach of trust and abusing his authority, and investigators believe he interfered in a classified police investigation in which he had a conflict of interest. He is one of the highest-ranking police officers in the country.