Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, all of which he denies. The trial began in 2020 and covers three criminal cases.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night urged the Israeli state to either drop an ongoing corruption trial against the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or offer him a pardon, as he heaped praise on the Israeli leader just a day after he sharply rebuked his administration for launching aerial strikes on Iran after a ceasefire went into effect.

The US president, who himself faced an array of criminal charges and convictions that he argued were politically motivated, said he had “just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday”