Isaac Herzog’s spokesperson says he has not spoken to Trump since US president wrote to urge him to stop trial
The office of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has denied a claim by Donald Trump that Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, would soon receive a pardon.
Speaking shortly before his meeting in Florida with the Israeli prime minister on Monday night, Trump said he had been told by Herzog that a pardon was “on its way”.
“How can you not?” Trump said. “He’s a wartime prime minister who’s a hero. How do you not give a pardon?”
Trump added that he “spoke to [Herzog] and he tells me it’s on its way. You can’t do better than that, right?”
