Netanyahu negotiating plea deal on corruption charges: Report

Published January 17, 2022 8:10pm ET



Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly allowed his lawyers to pursue a plea deal in a public corruption case against him.

Netanyahu’s lawyers are negotiating a deal with Israel’s attorney general in which he would accept some of the charges against him and avoid jail time, sources told the New York Times. Netanyahu pleaded not guilty in February 2021 to all the charges in the corruption case against him.

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