Mandelblit insists he approved Netanyahu indictment as defense challenges signature
Netanyahu's defense challenged the signature on his indictment, arguing it was copied from an earlier document, while Mandelblit insisted he had authorized the charges.
Former Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit insisted on Tuesday that he authorized the indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite defense lawyer Amit Hadad challenging the authenticity of Mandelblit's signature on the document filed with the Jerusalem District Court. Hadad argued that Mandelblit's signature was copied from an earlier draft submitted to the Knesset speaker, while Prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh rejected this claim, stating that the document was indeed the indictment and that transferring a signature between documents is standard practice.
Mandelblit maintained that the decision to prosecute was his and that he remembered signing the final version of the indictment.
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