MK Yaakov Litzman (Torah Judaism) today (Thursday) admitted and was convicted in the Magistrate's Court of breach of trust as part of a plea bargain in the Malka Leifer case. .
A few days ago, Litzman resigned from the Knesset as part of the plea agreement.
Jerusalem District Attorney Danny Whitman asked the court to accept the plea agreement: “The defendant pleads guilty to breach of trust.
According to the facts, as part of his role as Minister and Deputy Minister of Health he took advantage of his position, turned to the District Psychiatrist in an attempt to influence him to submit an opinion saying that Queen Leifer accused of sexually abusing her students would not be extradited to Australia ... Defendant took responsibility for what he did.
Taking responsibility for these acts at the level of the defendant has value. "
As you may recall, in May 2021, the then Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, decided to file an indictment against Litzman.
According to the indictment, Litzman, who served as deputy health minister at the time, acted unlawfully to influence the opinion of an expert witness, a psychiatrist working in his office, as part of Malka Leifer's extradition process, so that the State of Israel would not extradite Leifer to a foreign country seeking prosecution. Criminal for sexual offenses.
Examination of the investigation materials and the filing of the indictment were handled by the Jerusalem District Attorney, Adv. Danny Whitman, and Adv. Nurit Langenthal of the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office.
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