Olmert at prior investigation
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Olmert at Aryeh Deri's daughter's weddings
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Holyland affair: Olmert questioned for 2nd time
Detectives to present former prime minister with alleged proof of his involvement in bribe taking
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at the National Fraud Investigations Unit's offices in Lod on Sunday for a second round of questioning in the Holyland real estate project corruption affair.
Olmert showed up for questioning around 9:30 am. Detectives were expected to present him with alleged proof of his involvement in bribe taking, after his first round of questioning focused on his ties with the main suspects in the affair, including Hilel Charney, Danny Dankner and the state witness.
Prior to the interrogation, police sources said they do not intend to question him on video footage of him speaking with his former bureau chief Shula Zaken and former Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yehoshua Polak during the wedding of former Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri's daughter.
Polak and Zaken are also suspects in the Holyland affair, and have been ordered not to make contact with other suspects or discussing the investigation.
In his first round of questioning, the former prime minister answered all the questions and repeated his claim that he did not receive a bribe "from anyone". As for his involvement in advancing the real estate projects, Olmert said that it was not personal and that he had no other considerations. He denied the police's claims that his associates, Shula Zaken and Attorney Uri Messer, received the bribes and transferred them to him in different ways.
