Back to the interrogation rooms: A week afterConvicted in court of taking a bribe, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert He was questioned this morning (Monday) under caution in a new case of obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
The new investigation against the former prime minister was opened following the testimony of his former chief of staff, Shula Zaken, as part of a state witness agreement signed with the attorney general's office.
Olmert arrived at the offices of the National Fraud Investigation Unit in Lod and will be questioned in the coming hours on charges of obstruction of justice. In addition to the investigation on suspicion of obstruction of an investigation inThe Holyland Affair, Olmert is also expected to be investigated for suspicions of obstruction of justice in the Talansky and Rashontours envelope cases.
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The police confronted Olmert with the recordings she passed on. Old man Shula.
Yesterday, attorney Navot Tel-Tzur - who served as Olmert's defense attorney in the Rashontours and Talansky envelopes cases - was questioned on suspicion of obstruction of justice in the Holyland case.
""We would expect the prosecution, which has so much power, to show a little humanity," says Olmert's media advisor, Amir Dan, following the investigation. "The prosecution's insistence that the police interrogate Olmert precisely now, a few days after his conviction and at a time when he has begun preparing for sentencing arguments, is intended for two purposes: to break Mr. Olmert at all costs, and to improperly influence the sentencing arguments process. This is a man who has been dragged through the mud for eight long years, and who just a few days ago was dealt an unexpected blow, which alone would surely have broken any other person.".
Olmert's interrogation ended after about eight hours. The interrogation is expected to continue in the coming days, and he will likely be required to appear for further interrogations.
