MK Nissim Vaturi reached out to US President Donald Trump via letter and asked him to impose sanctions on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Vaturi told Channel 14 in an interview on Monday.
"All means are justified," he said.
The interview followed a confrontation Vaturi had with MK Ofer Cassif during a discussion on the removal of MK Ayman Odeh from the Knesset.
When pressed regarding who exactly Vaturi had contacted, he insisted that his letter had reached Trump's hands.
He continued by speaking about the law regarding the splitting of the attorney-general's position, which is set to be brought up on Wednesday if there is no strike by the ultra-Orthodox.
"This means sidelining her and appointing a new attorney-general - because right now the government is naked without an attorney-general," he said, adding that now "they want to create something worse – to bring in the State Attorney to be the attorney-general."
In March, Vaturi said in an interview with Radio North that he had contacted Trump about former Shin Bet head Ronen Bar and about the legal advisor to the government.
"I think he needs to intervene here, just like the former president imposed sanctions on people from the right," Vaturi said. "I think it's appropriate to impose sanctions on anyone trying to carry out a coup in a country that is a very close ally of the US. I prepared a letter in which I ask Trump to impose sanctions on anyone trying to overturn the government in an undemocratic manner."
A new date will be sent for the hearing to the Attorney General
It’s worth noting that today, Minister Amichai Shikli announced that he intends to send a new date for a hearing to the Attorney General this Wednesday.
A petition against holding the hearing has been submitted by the "Democracy Guard" group, and the High Court of Justice is expected to issue an interim injunction preventing her dismissal until a ruling is made. Initially, the hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, the first week after the attack in Iran, but it was postponed due to the war. Therefore, Judge Noam Solberg delayed the deadline for responses to the request for an interim injunction until last Thursday.
However, following the death of the Attorney General's husband, Zion Miara, it was decided to delay the response to the request until mid-July, with Judge Solberg emphasizing that "if a date for the hearing is set before this date, an announcement will be made, and updated instructions will be given regarding the date for submitting responses."