U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged him to legally pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

While Trump has previously called for Netanyahu to be pardoned, including while speaking to the Israeli parliament last month, this is the first known letter he’s sent to Herzog on the issue.

“I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister,” Trump said in the letter, which Herzog’s office published and said was received on Wednesday morning. “Netanyahu has stood tall for Israel in the face of strong adversaries and long odds, and his attention cannot be unnecessarily diverted.”

Trump said Netanyahu’s prosecution was “unjust

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