Minister Gilad Arden tried to delay the proceedings at Netanyahu's trial, but was forced to stop at the order of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
According to the report in Channel 12 News, the Minister instructed the Commissioner of the Ministry of Public Security not to sign the certificate of confidentiality in the case pending a substantive hearing on the issue. The deputy A-G made it clear to Erdan that he was a witness and could not intervene and the supervisor signed it.