Olmert: "I am NOT a Crook"
by Herb Keinon
The Prime Minister's Office confirmed Thursday night that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be investigated for an hour Friday morning by the police.
According to the PMO, Olmert received a request for the investigation Wednesday.
According to a Channel 2 report Thursday night, the hastily-scheduled investigation by the Fraud Investigation Unit meeting was enabled after police received special authorization from Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz to summon Olmert within 48 hours.
Two criminal investigations and one preliminary police probe are currently open against the prime minister.
In April 2007, Mazuz approved a criminal investigation into allegations that Olmert received favorable terms for the purchase of his home in Jerusalem's Rehov Cremieux in return for helping the contractor who sold it to him.
In October of that year, Mazuz opened a second criminal investigation into allegations of cronyism while Olmert led an investment center operated by the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry; political appointments by Olmert via the Small and Medium Business Authority; and political appointments by Olmert throughout the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry.
The third probe is examining the decision by the Investment Center to grant an 'approved industry' status to Silicat Industries, Inc., which was represented by Olmert's former law partner and close friend, Uri Messer - a decision that saved the company $11 million as well as entitling it to a series of government benefits.
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The Prime Minister's Office confirmed Thursday night that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be investigated for an hour Friday morning by the police.
According to the PMO, Olmert received a request for the investigation Wednesday.
"The Prime Minister intends to cooperate fully with the law enforcement officers as he has done in the past, and he is convinced that when the truth is revealed within the framework of the police investigation, the suspicions against him will be dispelled," a statement issued by the PMO read.The Prime Minister's Office did not specify which of the pending investigations against Olmert the surprise questioning was related to.
According to a Channel 2 report Thursday night, the hastily-scheduled investigation by the Fraud Investigation Unit meeting was enabled after police received special authorization from Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz to summon Olmert within 48 hours.
Two criminal investigations and one preliminary police probe are currently open against the prime minister.
In April 2007, Mazuz approved a criminal investigation into allegations that Olmert received favorable terms for the purchase of his home in Jerusalem's Rehov Cremieux in return for helping the contractor who sold it to him.
In October of that year, Mazuz opened a second criminal investigation into allegations of cronyism while Olmert led an investment center operated by the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry; political appointments by Olmert via the Small and Medium Business Authority; and political appointments by Olmert throughout the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry.
The third probe is examining the decision by the Investment Center to grant an 'approved industry' status to Silicat Industries, Inc., which was represented by Olmert's former law partner and close friend, Uri Messer - a decision that saved the company $11 million as well as entitling it to a series of government benefits.
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But I think the men after him are no better than he is.
Maybe they are mad that he isnt dismantling Israel fast enough to suit them?
Who knows. Its all very ugly