20 sites searched in Olmert case
Police searched more than 20 government buildings and private offices for evidence in criminal investigations of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The sweep included the Industry and Trade Ministry, the Postal Authority and Jerusalem’s City Hall, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
Plainclothes police hauled cardboard boxes full of files out of the offices and loaded them into police vehicles.
Olmert’s office would not comment on the raids, but in the past he has often insisted he has done nothing wrong, dismissing the investigations as a political witch hunt.
In one case, Olmert is suspected of buying a luxurious Jerusalem home at a substantial discount from a developer in exchange for arranging construction permits for the builder.
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