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Article: Israeli president likely to be cleared as a police investigation winds down
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- February 15, 2000
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Landau, David
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
02-15-2000
Israeli president likely to be cleared as a police investigation winds down
By David Landau
JERUSALEM, Feb. 14 (JTA) -- Israeli President Ezer Weizman is unlikely to
face criminal charges for taking large sums of money from a French
millionaire, according to Israel's state prosecutor.
Edna Arbel said the police investigation of the affair involving Edouard
Saroussi was coming to an end, and "in terms of the picture at present
evolving, we aren't talking about a charge sheet."
In an interview Monday, she predicted an early end to the police inquiry,
but added, "I don't rule out the possibility that a report will be written
that will make clear to the ...