October 13, 2025
Trump urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu
Unprecedented foreign interference in allied democracy's corruption trial raises diplomatic concerns
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Trump publicly asked President 
Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 13, 2025.
Netanyahu was indicted on Nov. 21, 2019, in three criminal cases and pleaded not guilty.
The Jerusalem District Court opened the trial on May 24, 2020.
Case 1000 alleges almost 700,000 shekels in gifts, largely cigars and champagne.
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