US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli President Isaac Herzog had told him a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way”, an assertion Herzog’s office was quick to challenge.
“He’s a wartime prime minister who’s a hero. How do you not give a pardon?” Trump told reporters while standing beside Netanyahu before a meeting in Florida. “I spoke to the president … he tells me it’s on its way.”
Asked about the US president’s remarks, Herzog’s office said the Israeli…
Source: Trump says Netanyahu pardon ‘on its way’; President Herzog’s office disputes it
