AG won't rule out decision on Netanyahu corruption probes before elections

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblitt says he will not rule out making a decision on whether to bring corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the April 9 elections.

A letter sent to the prime minister by a senior aide to the AG says that, "the work on the investigations concerning the prime minister, which began before the decision was taken to bring forward the elections, will continue as scheduled." 

The letter does say, however, that Mandelblitt is willing to meet with Netanyahu's lawyers to discuss the issue next week.   

Netanyahu has asked that no decision be taken on his three investigations until after the elections, comparing it taking the arm of a thief who was later exonerated.