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Netanyahu Corruption Trial Goes Full Throttle as Testimony Begins
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April 5, 2021
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0:45Now PlayingBenjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial swings into high gear on Monday as prosecutors begin to build their courtroom case against the Israeli leader, whose political life is already on the line after a fourth inconclusive election.
Prosecutors allege the country’s longest-serving premier abused his position to illicitly accept -- and at times demand -- fine wines and expensive cigars from billionaire friends. They also maintain he sacrificed the integrity of his office to win favorable media coverage, reshaping the country’s regulatory landscape to benefit one media publisher, and weighing proposed legislation that could have favored another. Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing.
Although his trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust officially began in May 2020, the hearings held so far in Jerusalem District Court have been brief and procedural. This is the first time prosecutors will be calling witnesses and digging in to the substance of suspicions that spawned years of criminal investigations.
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