Lieberman indicted on sharpened charges of fraud and breach of trust

[oberliner]

The state prosecution on Sunday formally indicted former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman on fraud and breach of trust charges.

The indictment includes new details that strengthen the case against Liberman, in which Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon is expected to be the main witness.

If he is found guilty and the judges determine that moral turpitude was involved, Liberman, who heads the Yisrael Beytenu party, could be barred from holding public office for up to seven years.

According to the indictment, while Liberman served as foreign minister, he explicitly instructed Ayalon to push the Foreign Ministry’s appointments committee to name Ze’ev Ben Aryeh as ambassador to Latvia; Ayalon did not know Ben Aryeh personally.

Ben Aryeh, during a previous post as Israel’s ambassador to Belarus, had allegedly given Liberman documents related to a second, far more serious probe into the then-foreign minister’s affairs. That investigation was later dropped for lack of evidence.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-indicted-on-fraud-and-breach-of-trust-charges/

[aquart]

1. I wish we could do stuff like that.

[Atman]

2. You spelled it wrong, and I got excited.

Avigdor Liberman, not Joe Lieberman. Oh well.

[oberliner]

4. No I didn't

That's how you spell his name.

And this is the I/P forum.

[Atman]

6. Interesting, then, that the news article consistently spells it Liberman.

But I suppose you know better.

And I know what forum it is. You know, Joe Lieberman has never had anything to say about Israel, right?

I guess a sense of humor isn't allowed here?

[CanonRay]

3. I thought it was Joe as well

I'd love to see that jerk behind bars.

[oberliner]

5. For what?

Not sure what you mean here.