AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DEALING WITH LEGAL ISSUES.%
MSNBC AVGOR SHOWS US HOW THEY %
WERE HANDLED. %
>> AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S %
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ENDED, HE %
TURNED HIS FOCUS TO THE 2020 %
ELECTION. %
ELECTION. % >> WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON %
FIGHTING, AND WE ARE GOING TO
KEEP ON WINNING.%
WINNING, WINNING. %
>> BUT ACROSS THE OCEAN, ANOTHER
LEADER UNDER SCRUTINY HAD A BIG
CRUCIAL VOTE.%
CRUCIAL VOTE.% ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU INDITED ON FRAUD,
BREECH OF TRUST AND BRIBERY.
THE THIRD IN UNDER A YEAR IN
THAT COUNTRY, A VOTE.%
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ACCUSED ON %
TWO COUNTS, AFTER ALLEGATIONS %
THAT HE ASKED A FOREIGN LEADER %
TO LOOK INTO HIS POLITICAL %
RIVAL.%
RIVAL.% NETANYAHU’S HAD TO DO WITH MEDIA
COMPANIES.%
COMPANIES.% BOTH LEADERS FACE POTENTIAL
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE WITH %
ELECTIONS RIGHT AROUND THE %
CRONER.
CRONER. WHILE TRUMP HAS BEEN ACQUITTED %
OF HIS CHARGES, NETANYAHU STILL
HAS A LEGAL FIGHT AHEAD.%
THE TWO USED SIMILAR DEFENSES,
BLAMING THE MEDIA. %
>> THE ABSOLUTELY CRAZIED LUNE %
TICKS, THE DEMOCRATS, RADICAL %
LEFT, AND THEIR MEDIA PARTNERS
STANDING RIGHT BACK THERE.%
ARE PUSHING THE DERANGED %
IMPEACHMENT WITCH HUNT FOR DOING
NOTHING WRONG.%
NOTHING WRONG.% >> THE. %
>> THE. % >> Translator: THE IMMEDIATE IU
COURT MARBLES USTIALS US. %
>> I THINK THE WHOLE IMPEACHMENT
THING, HOAX, I GUESS YOU COULD %
CALL IT, BECAUSE IT IS A HOAX.%
>> AND CLAIMING TOTAL AND %
COMPLETE INNOCENCE.
COMPLETE INNOCENCE. >> WE DID NOTHING WRONG. %
>> THIS IS A BASED ON A PERFECT
PHONE CALL.
PHONE CALL. >> WITH TWO LEADERS CONSUMED IN
LEGAL TROUBLE AND BOTH CLAIMING
COMPLETE INNOCENCE, WHAT ROLE DO
THEIR ATTORNEYS GENERAL PLAY IN
THIS?
THIS? UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAMBAR%
WILLIAMBAR% WILLIAM BARR HAS DEFENDED
PRESIDENT TRUMP EVEN ABOVE THE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS %
INCLUDING LAST APRIL AFTER
RECEIVING THE MUELLER REPORT. %
>> EVIDENCE DEVELOPED BY THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL IS NOT %
SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THAT THE
PRESIDENT COMMITTED AN OBSTRUCTS
OF JUSTICE OFFENSE.%
>> BUT IN ISRAEL RECOMMEND BE %
NETANYAHU BE CHARGED WITH
BRIBERY, ATTORNEY GENERAL HELD A
DIFFERENT KIND OF PRESS %
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. A LONGTIME NETANYAHU LOYALIST
WHO SERVED AS CABINET SECRETARY
PRIOR TO BEING ATTORNEY GENERAL,
INDICTED THE PRIME MINISTER JUST
MONTHS BEFORE A CRITICAL %
ELECTION.%
ELECTION.% BACK UP.%
BACK UP.% THERE ARE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE ISRAELI AND AMERICAN
GOVERNMENTS AND HOW THE ATTORNEY
GENERALS FIT INTO THESE SYSTEMS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE %
UNITED STATES IS NOMINATED BY %
THE PRESIDENT AND NEEDS A VOTE %
OF APPROVAL FROM THE SENATE.
AND WHILE ISRAEL’S ATTORNEY %
GENERAL IS NOT AINTTOED DIRECTLY
BY THE PRIME MINISTER INSTEAD BY
THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, THIS
ONE WAS BACKED.%
HE BECAME THE ATTORNEY GENERAL %
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE KPECHKTS
WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION, HOW %
CAN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WORKING
INDEPENDENTLY?%
INDEPENDENTLY?% SOME ARGUE THEY CAN’T.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULDN’T
EVEN HAVE HIRED FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS IF HE’D %
KNOWN HE WOULD RECUSE HIMSELF
FROM THE RUSSIA PROBE. %
>> HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER -- AND
THEY WANT -- HE WAS GOING TO %
RECUSE HIMSELF HE SHOULD HAVE
TOLD ME BEFORE HE TOOK THE JOB.%
I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOMEBODY %
ELSE.
ELSE. >> WILLIAM BARR HAS BEEN %
CRITICIZED FOR HIS SUMMARY OF %
THE MUELLER REPORT, AND HIS %
WILLINGNESS TO SIDE WITH THE
PRESIDENT OVER AMERICAN %
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. >> I THINK OUR NATION WAS TURNED
ON ITS HEAD FOR THREE YEARS.
I THINK BASED ON THE COMPLETELY
BOGUS NARRATIVE THAT WAS LARGELY
FANNED AND HYPED BY AN
IRRESPONSIBLE PRISS. %
>> PRESS.
>> PRESS. >> AND EVEN AFTER ACQUITTAL, %
BARR DIRECTED THE JUSTICE %
DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE %
INFORMATION ON JOE BIDEN AND HIS
SON.%
SON.% BARR HAS CHALLENGED TRUMP %
CRITICIZING ABOUT FEDERAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. BUT THIS HASN’T STOPPED BARR
FROM TAKING CASES CLOSE TO %
TRUMP.
TRUMP. CRITICS ARGUE THE LONG HISTORY %
WITH NETANYAHU WOULD BE A %
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.%
THAT’S TOUGHER NOW THAT HE’S
MADE HIM HIS FIRST PRIME
MINISTER TO BE INDICTED
JEOPARDIZING HIS OWN POLITICAL %
FUTURE.%
FUTURE.% PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT %
WHILE NOT THE FIRST IS ONLY THE
THIRD IN U.S. HISTORY,
ESTABLISHING SOME PRECEDENT FOR
WILLIAM BARR.%
WILLIAM BARR.% BUT ISRAEL’S ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
IN COMPLETELY NEW TERRITORY.
NETANYAHU BUZZ NOT%
NETANYAHU DOES NOT HAVE TO %
RESIGN.
RESIGN. IF HE WINS THE NEXT ELECTION %
THERE COULD BE LAWSUITS
DISPUTING THAT VICTORY, %
EXTENDING AN ALREADY YEAR-LONG
ELECTION AND PUTTING HIM IN THE
CENTER OF A POLITICAL CRISIS.
AS THE UNITED STATES FIXATES ON
AN UP COMING ELECTION, ISRAEL IS