Olmert Becomes a 'Serial Suspect' as Another Investigation Opens

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Monday, October 15. 2007

Olmert Becomes a 'Serial Suspect' as Another Investigation Opens

Ehud Olmert will leave at least two legacies. He is probabaly the least popular leader of any democratic country since the advent of polling. (The lowest-polling American president, Richard Nixon, had more than double Olmert's support at his nadir.) Currently, he is apparently working to distract from that record with criminal investigations:

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz instructed the police Sunday to open a third criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, regarding suspected wrongdoings committed when he was Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor. Olmert's lawyers have been informed of the decision.

The suspicions revolve around a company that was represented by Olmert's longtime associate and attorney Uri Messer, as well as political appointments in the Small Businesses Authority and in other assistance to his political protégés.

Investigations against Olmert are already underway regarding 1) the purchase of a home on Jerusalem's Cremieux Street at a price substantially below market value, allegedly in return for exerting his influence in Jerusalem's municipality to aid the contractors, and in 2) favoring his business associates in the sale of Bank Leumi's controlling shares owned by the government.

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