Minister Mai Golan responded to being summoned for questioning, saying "I am a minister in the Israeli government who grew up in south Tel Aviv with drug addicts and prostitutes. I am not impressed by the threats from a former legal advisor with a conflict of interest who summons me for questioning because she cannot stand my criticism of her and her despicable activities against the Israeli government and the people of Israel." According to her, "There is no basis for the suspicions against me. I will consider whether to attend this political investigation only after they immediately release the people who were arrested with the aim of intimidating me - people whose only sin is that they worked alongside me."