Olmert corruption trial to begin on September 29
Former prime minister was indicted in August over the the cash envelopes, Rishon Tours and Investment Center affairs.
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press Tags: Ehud Olmert Israel newsThe corruption trial of former prime minister Ehud Olmert will begin on September 29 in Jerusalem, the Justice Ministry announced Monday.
Olmert and his former bureau chief Shula Zaken were indicted in August over the the cash envelopes, Rishon Tours and Investment Center affairs.
The charges, stemming from when Olmert was Jerusalem mayor and later as a Cabinet minister, emerged when Olmert was still prime minister. He eventually resigned the premiership, to which he was elected in 2006.
The former prime minister will stand trial for accepting cash envelopes from American businessman Morris Talansky.
He is also suspected of illegally double-billing charities and a government ministry for the same flights he booked through Rishon Tours, sending them falsified receipts for travel expenses and using the surplus to finance personal and family trips abroad.
The Investments Center affair, which was first reported in Haaretz, concerned allegations that Olmert granted personal favors to his old law partner, Uri Messer, who was acting on behalf of a company, an act which would constitute a conflict of interest, breach of trust, and fraud.
Olmert, 63, left politics when Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister last March.
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