The Extraordinary Logic of Netanyahu’s Bid for a Pardon

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P residential pardons are in fashion in the United States, even for people who haven’t yet been found guilty of a crime. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a well-known Americanophile. Now he, too, wants a preconviction pardon, a never-go-to-jail card. On Sunday, his lawyers submitted his request, stressing that freeing Netanyahu from his marathon corruption trial would be purely for the public good. Because Netanyahu faces Israeli, not U.S., charges, he had to seek relief from Israel’

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