Posted on 06/21/2018 8:42:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday was charged with a series of crimes, including fraud, over alleged misuse of public funds.
Netanyahu, 59, was also charged with breach of trust in connection with the "Prepared Food Affair," the Jerusalem Post reported.
Netanyahu was accused of misusing about $100,000 of public funds for catering services at the prime minister's Jerusalem home while falsely stating there were no cooks on staff, the justice ministry stated.
Prosecutors alleged in the "Prepared Food Affair" that Netanyahu, along with then-deputy director-general Ezra Seidoff, claimed the prime minister's residence did not have a cook although one was working at the home. She allegedly ordered that the cook's employment be kept secret and "she was aware that ordering meals from the outside for the residence when it employed a cook was a violation of the rules," Haaretz reported.
Seidoff was also charged with "falsification by a public servant."
Sara Netanyahu acted "to circumvent the rules and conditions" governing the official residence "in order to fraudulently obtain state funding for various expenses for the accused and her family that were not supposed to be financed in this manner," the indictment said.
The indictment came after Netanyahu refused to pay for the outside meal charges despite a number of attempts to reach an agreement.
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Ordering $100,000 dollars of take out when you have a personal chef...doesn’t sound kosher.
How Muelleresque.
Haaretz? Spare me.
While Haaretz may be biased against Netanyahu, I don’t think this particular news is fake. They’re simply reporting what the allegations are.
I have no doubt that Obama is behind this.
Mark
I seem to remember the Obamas getting Chicago Pizza
and other specialities when there was a cook at the
White House.
Wow! You sound like the never-Trumpers. “His career is over, OVER, I tell ya!” “This is gonna stick to Trump this time!” “Trump will never be elected!”
“Its BS and you are not helping.”
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Well, if those are the rules I suppose it's legitimate if she lied in a provable way about the availability of a chef. The Obama's would have paid for this from somewhere, likely their personal account. Though the likelihood that the Obama's couldn't find a reason to visit a restaurant is low. It's a different system. Bibi has posted his wage statements. In US$ he's paid pretty well, about $150m per year. But his take home is about $4500 a month. Taxes, pension contribution and such. And deductions for "personal" items the government doesn't cover. Large amount I know. But the biggest, depending on the source, is his armored limo at $3500 to $4000 a month. The three cell phones used only for government business. Things like that. Imagine billing Pelosi for her speaker jet. If I recall she billed the government for the booze. I wonder, who paid for her servers? She didn't, but if not the government, who? Foundation? Undisclosed donors?
Boy, oh, boy is this ever a reach in someone searching for a “gotch’ya.”
Bob McDonnell’s wife did the same type of crap causing him all sorts of mischief. While eventually all charges were dropped and judgments voided, the Obama regime damaged the governor’s political reputation for life and their marriage was shattered.
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