Claim: Israel PM Olmert Got Illegal Donations
Posted on May 8, 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied late Thursday that he took illegal campaign contributions but said he’ll resign if indicted. In a nationally televised speech late Thursday at his official residence, Olmert responded to allegations in a corruption case that has the potential to derail delicate peace talks with the Palestinians. Police suspect that Olmert accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions from a U.S. citizen, Morris “Moshe” Talansky. Army Radio said suspicions concern money Olmert allegedly received from 1999 to 2003, when he was mayor of Jerusalem and later minister of industry and trade. [Link]
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