U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a request to the Israeli government for a full pardon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from various corruption charges that have led to a years-long trial, further entrenching Trump’s allyship with the genocidaire as they discuss plans to shape the future of the region.

Without evidence, Trump called the charges against Netanyahu “political” and “unjustified,” in a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog sent Wednesday. Netanyahu is facing charges on counts of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted of bribery.

In the letter, posted in full by Israeli media , Trump says that Netanyahu’s trial is “unnecessarily divert[ing]” the prime minister’s attention as Israel faces unnamed “adversaries.”

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