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Israel AG planning to indict ex-PM Olmert on additional corruption charges

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz said Sunday that he intends to charge former prime minister Ehmud Olmert with additional corruption charges for allegedly abusing a previous governmental post to benefit friends and business partners. Mazuz alleged that, before becoming prime minister, Olmert used a position at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor to give government grants to former law partner Uri Messer and his clients. Investigators into the case said that Olmert should have recused himself from ministerial consideration of the grants given his conflict of interest. Mazuz said that there must still be a final hearing on the charges before an indictment is filed against Olmert. This is the third set of corruption charges that Olmert, who resigned in September, may face. Last month, Mazuz announced that he may charge Olmert with fraud, violation of public confidence, and the receipt of illicit perquisites for violating the 1973 Party Financing Law by soliciting more than $150,000 from businessman Morris Talansky. Olmert may also face criminal charges for double billing the state and charitable donors for travel expenses in 2002-2006.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 05, 2009 (boomark / email).