Trump urges Israeli president pardon Netanyahu in corruption case
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Nov 12, 2025
Tehran, IRNA -- US President Donald Trump has waded into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legal troubles, calling on President Isaac Herzog to issue a pardon as Netanyahu faces trial on three counts of corruption.
Herzog's office said on Wednesday that it had received a letter from Trump calling for clemency for Netanyahu. "This morning, President Isaac Herzog received the attached letter from US President Donald Trump, calling on him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," the Israeli president's office said in a statement.
In his letter, Trump praised Netanyahu as a "formidable and decisive wartime prime minister" and argued that the charges against him were politically motivated. "While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli Justice System... I believe that this 'case' against Bibi... is political, unjustified prosecution," Trump wrote.
Trump's letter follows remarks he made in October during an address to the Israeli parliament, where he first suggested that Herzog consider pardoning Netanyahu.
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