Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on their way to Saloniki, Greece for a two-day state official visit, June 14, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel’s prime minister, presented the results of a private polygraph test to the country’s attorney general in an attempt to put to rest allegations by a former employee that she misused public funds.

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The release of the polygraph results on Saturday came a day after Israel’s Channel 2 reported that Netanyahu would be indicted in the next 10 days on charges that she misused public funds for personal expenses.

A year ago, a police investigation recommended indicting her on fraud and breach of trust charges after accusations that she used public funds for buying food, paying special chefs, and hosting private events, and moved furniture paid for by the state to a private residence.

The polygraph dealt with allegations by Meni Naftali, a former caretaker at the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem. Naftali has claimed that Netanyahu ordered him to inflate the number of guests at dinners at the official residence, to record meals as state instead of private to receive a larger budget, that she ordered catering instead of using the staff cook and that she asked him to order large quantities of food for the residence.

Netanyahu has denied the claims as well as others leveled against her, including hiring an electrician for work in the residence without issuing a tender.

The reliability of private lie detector tests is in question and they are not admissible in Israeli courts.

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