Officials close to the prime minister responded to reports about Netanyahu's associates being summoned to testify in the Presents Affair.
Israel's ambassador to the US Ron Dermer testified Tuesday regarding the prime minister's efforts to attain an American visa for his close friend Arnon Milchan.
The officials stated that "the media attempt at mudslinging the prime minister because his associates are being interrogated is wrong. Up to this point no indictment has been issued against any of his associates and there is no claim of an illicit connection between them and the prime minister." Police have stressed that Netanyahu is not connected to the affair.
"Who will apologize for the slanderous headlines about the prime minister's associates when it becomes clear that their actions and those of the prime minister were legitimate?"
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