Lieberman fraud trial opens in Jerusalem

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is scheduled to appear in Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday afternoon, when his trial on charges of fraud and breach of trust in the appointment of Ze’ev Ben Aryeh as Israel’s ambassador to Latvia begins. 

Lieberman will enter a plea of innocence, Haaretz reports.

Lieberman is charged with acting to have Ben Aryeh named Israeli ambassador to Latvia, after Ben Aryeh − who was ambassador to Belarus at the time − provided Lieberman with information about an investigation in Belarus of the foreign minister.