Israel's Attorney General has informed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he is charging him for using his position to take money and benefits. Shula Zaken, the prime minister's aide, was also notified of a pending indictment.
The prime minister is suspected of double billing more than one non-profit organization for trips that he made abroad to raise money for them, collecting $110,000, police say.
Olmert "rejects the allegations." Olmert has said he will not run for re-election, but he also has refused to step before the elections. He has resigned as head of the center-left Kadima party, and as been replaced by Tzipi Livni, foreign minister.
