Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon him of corruption charges in his five-year-long case, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's recent request for the favor and saying that it's necessary to advance the two leaders' joint interests as they ravage the Middle East. The prime minister made the request on Sunday, framing the trial as a "witch hunt" and a pardon as a way to unite Israel.
Peter Robinson and Sammy Wilson will be among a host of high-profile witnesses called in a major corruption trial involving the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland loans, a jury was told this morning.
