Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog for a series of long running corruption charges.
Herzog's office said the president would take the request under advisement and solicit input from justice officials before making a decision, which the office said "carries with it significant implications."
Netanyahu has been standing trial for the past five years on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust related to three separate cases.
He said in a video message that he would have preferred to let the legal process play out, but that the national interest "demanded otherwise." Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing.
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