Netanyahu says he didn’t agree to ‘turpitude’ in plea talks, will keep leading Likud
Statement issued after negotiations on deal in graft cases said to collapse, with Mandelblit notifying ex-PM’s lawyers that talks will have to wait for next AG
By TOI STAFF 24 January 2022, 9:21 pm
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a video statement on the corruption cases against him, January 24, 2022.
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu publicly declared Monday that he has not agreed to acknowledge “moral turpitude” as part of a potential plea bargain that would end his corruption trial, and said he had no intention of leaving politics.
He issued the video statement, his first public reference to two weeks of reports on behind-the-scenes negotiations on a possible deal, in an apparent response to the collapse of the talks with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
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