Trump vows to intervene in Netanyahu's graft trial

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Donald Trump says he will be involved in Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial to help the Israeli Prime Minister, calling the ongoing case "very unfair".

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump says he will be involved in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial.

00:07In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes, Trump called the ongoing trial very unfair, saying he will help Netanyahu out.

00:16Trump has repeatedly intervened in Israel's judicial and political affairs over the case.

00:22Last month, during his address to the Israeli parliament, Trump urged President Isaac Herzog to pardon Netanyahu.

00:28A request he later said came directly from the Prime Minister.

00:32Netanyahu is on trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases.

00:38He has been accused of accepting more than US$200,000 in gifts from wealthy businessmen

00:43and of granting regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions to a telecom tycoon in exchange for favorable news coverage.

00:51The trial has dragged on for four years, partly due to Netanyahu's repeated legal delay tactics.

00:58Netanyahu has led to the writing of

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