AG, Netanyahu lawyer meet on hearing for PM
Lawyers for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet with Attorney General Avidhai Mandelblit in Jerusalem, in an effort to persuade him not to announce a hearing for the prime minister before the Knesset elections in April.
The prime minister, who is accused of corruption in three separate investigations, maintains that holding a hearing before the elections would have a detrimental impact on his electoral prospects.
The two sides held talks at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem for nearly three hours.
The Justice Ministry says Netanyahu's attorneys "presented at length their claims regarding the date of publication of the attorney general's decision regarding the investigations involving the prime minister, and their arguments will be considered in the usual manner."
The attorney general is expected to formulate his position in the coming days, and will be handed to the defense attorneys in a timely manner.
