Likud MK Tally Gotliv and Deputy Minister Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) sent an official request to State Attorney Amit Aisman on Sunday morning demanding an immediate criminal investigation against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

The demand comes in the wake of reports that Baharav-Miara committed an “offense of fraud and breach of trust at the most severe level,” by hiding a romantic relationship, which, according to them, lasted over six years, with state witness in the Netanyahu trial, Jackie Ashel.

Their letter states: “The Attorney General, who heads the criminal prosecution system, acted in a way that amounts to an act of fraud and breach of trust that harms the public, at the most severe level. The personal connection she maintained with a key state witness is a clear conflict of interest, which would have required her to refrain from any involvement in this case.”

They also wrote that Baharav-Miara did not report the relationship in the conflict of interest document submitted to the search committee prior to her appointment to her position, nor did she declare it throughout her tenure.

“This is a serious criminal act that harms public trust,” they wrote. “This cannot be ignored.”

They forwarded the request to Justice Minister Yariv Levin, chairman of the Constitution Committee Simcha Rothman, and Police Commissioner Danny Levy.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)