MK Shlomo Karei turned to spokesman to investigate alleged criminal conduct of Shlomit Barnea Fargo • Mandelblit: "The way things were presented in the media - partial and distorted" • The MK's request from the Likud was submitted due to alleged suspicion that Barnea Fargo coordinated evidence to bring about Prime Minister Netanyahu
"I did not tell him anything." Shlomit Barnea-Fargo
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Yehuda ben Itach
The Attorney General, Adv. Avichai Mandelblit, this evening (Monday) rejected the request of MK Shlomo Kari (Likud) for the alleged criminal conduct of the Attorney General to the Prime Minister's Office, Adv. Shlomit Barnea Fargo.
As mentioned, transcripts of conversations from 2010 An alleged coordination of versions between her and Nir Hefetz, then a spokesman and communications adviser for the Netanyahu family, is alleged. Among other things, it appears that Fargo hired another person to check a VAT file, in order to reveal details about company work, which is prohibited by law.
Journalist Boaz Golan reported that the recording revealed a grim picture of a senior lawyer who disrupted an investigation, concealed evidence and coordinated evidence that appeared to be intended to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One of the recordings reads:
Hefetz: "You go to the state comptroller and receive protection. Everything. Now, at the moment, you are in a situation where you are entitled to the protection of the State Comptroller. "
Shlomit Barnea Fargo:" It's true. "
Hefetz:" You reveal it. "
Shlomit Barnea Fargo: "And I was with the State Comptroller this week ...".
Object: "Do not tell him anything."
Shlomit Barnea Fargo: "I did not tell him anything… I did not tell him anything but he told me that he was asking for a personal meeting with me because we (unclear words)… I have a good relationship with him."
Next, the two talk about the intrusion into VAT computers - which is a violation of the law. Shlomit Barnea Fargo: "There is a company there, for example a company that does work for them at home." He was a police investigator. Asi.
Object: "Assi is yours"?
Shlomit Barnea Fargo: "Yes."
Hefetz: "Is he a lawyer?"
Shlomit Barnea Fargo: "His intern."
Object: "Okay."
MK Qara's request states, among other things: "There is a very serious concern about the alleged criminal offenses committed by Mrs. Barnea Fargo. For example, planning an illegal hacking of VAT computers regarding a company that provides services at the Prime Minister's House. In addition, according to the publications, the two are heard coordinating versions regarding testimony or reporting that should be given above regarding the same company mentioned above. In addition, according to the publication, the above is heard talking to a senior official in the Prime Minister's Office and the two are discussing in various ways how to harm the Israeli prime minister publicly or legally. "
"These transcripts are known to the prosecution, who even passed them on in the past as investigative material in a particular criminal case," Mandelblit wrote. "The way things were presented in the context of their publication in the media is partial and distorted, and in no way reflects things as they are ... Adv. Barnea Fargo is a professional and very skilled legal advisor, and she has been serving the public for many years in a straightforward and honest way. "Adv. Barnea Fargo's handling of the Prime Minister's residence expenses was done by virtue of her position as legal advisor to the Prime Minister's Office and, if necessary, also in coordination with the Advisory and Legislation Department and even with the Attorney General, as the case may be."
MK Shlomo Qarai responded: "How surprising it is to see that Mandelblit continues on his flawed path and defends not only himself but also his colleague in the persecution against Netanyahu. I will continue my efforts and pressure until Mandelblit, Fargo and the other partners in the persecution go home. "
