Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request in an interview with ynet studio, saying that "the pardon and cancellation of the trial are primarily for the prosecution and not for him. For the right-wing and the prime minister - it's better for the trial to continue. Every day it proceeds, we see these fabricated cases collapsing." According to her, "I was in court, this is a fabricated case. If President Herzog doesn't consider the request for the sake of Israel's civil security, there's a chance that steps will be taken by the U.S. president to impose personal sanctions on senior officials in the justice system."