TPM/Josh Marshall Podcast - I Beg Your Pardon (Fetterman trying to get war criminal Netanyahu a pardon from Herzog)

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2. I mistyped, sorry, it is Israel's president Herzog he is asking to pardon Netanyahu

Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu

In a previously unreported letter, the Pennsylvania senator pushed to save Netanyahu’s political career.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterman-letter-netanyahu-pardon

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s president for a favor. In a previously unreported letter obtained by TPM, Fetterman asked Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“In a world this dangerous, I question whether any democracy can afford to have its head of government spending valuable hours, day after day, in a courtroom rather than the situation room,” Fetterman wrote in a copy of the letter, dated Dec. 2, obtained by TPM.

Netanyahu formally asked Herzog for a pardon late last month. Fetterman, expressing surprise that TPM had a copy of the letter, stood by it in a brief Thursday interview.

“I support it and it’s a pointless distraction,” he said, seemingly referring to the charges against Netanyahu. “I fully support it and I stand on the letter.”

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