The president told CBS's "60 Minutes" his administration would intervene in the Israeli PM's legal proceedings, calling it “very unfair” and pledging to help him.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration would “help out” with the trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
During an interview with “60 Minutes” at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump told journalist Norah O’Donnell: “I don’t think they treat him very well. He’s under trial for some things and I don’t think they treat him very well. We’ll be involved in that to help him out a little bit because I think it’s very unfair.”
Netanyahu faces corruption charges in three separate cases—Cases 1000 and 2000 (the charge is “breach of trust” in both instances), and Case 4000 (bribery, fraud and breach of trust).
Trump made similar remarks during his address to the Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 13, saying “Hey, I have an idea. Mr. President [Isaac Herzog], why don’t you give him a pardon? Give him a pardon. Come on.”