State Attorney Recommends Charging Deri

18 August, 2019   |   5 years ago

Jerusalem, 18 August, 2019 (TPS) -- Shay Nitzan, Israel’s State Attorney has recommended that Aryeh Deri, Minister of the Interior, be charged with fraud, breach of trust, tax violations and obstruction of justice.

Nitzan’s recommendation has been passed on to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who will decide if to accept his recommendation and indict Dery. Mandelblit will not decide before the elections, due to the complicated nature of the case.