Commentator Yaakov Bardugo said Monday evening that the judges' decision in Case 4000 represents a collapse of a case that was "stitched up from the start" and that there was never anything to it, according to his remarks posted on Telegram.
Commentator Yaakov Bardugo responded Monday evening to the Jerusalem District Court judges' recommendation to drop the bribery charge in Case 4000, which involves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bardugo described the development as "the collapse" of a case that was "stitched up from the start," echoing his earlier assessment that the prosecution's version had been rejected by the panel of judges.
Bardugo's remarks follow his earlier statement on Monday, as The Zioneer reported, in which he called the judges' recommendation "earth-shattering" and said the court adopted the version of Netanyahu and former Netanyahu aide Shlomo Filber over the prosecution's. He previously questioned who would answer for the tearing of Israeli society and named senior legal figures including Shai Nitzan, Avichai Mandelblit, Liat Ben Ari, and Yehudit Tirosh. The judges' recommendation is a significant procedural step but does not constitute a final verdict in the case.
2 developments
- DevelopingAttorney David Petar blasts judges over Case 4000: 'Rebellion didn't start with reform, it started with the indictment'
- StrongNetanyahu on Case 4000 judges' recommendation: 'There will be nothing, because there is nothing'
- StrongSenior prosecution source says judges' recommendation to drop bribery charge in Case 4000 'requires a recalculation'
- DevelopingAttorney Dori Schwartz criticizes judges' recommendation in Case 4000
Source and signal
- Internal intake