Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says
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Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says

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Beirut, Lebanon CNN — Hezbollah has threatened to “usurp” the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message to him in recent days, a source familiar with the conversation has told CNN. ​ High-ranking Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa ​issued the threat to Judge Tarek Bitar through an ​unnamed intermediary, who relayed the contents of the message, according to the source. ​ Bitar’s probe has been investigating several politicians for “criminal neglect.” Though the judge has not sought to question Hezbollah officials, ​according to the lists made public in state media, the group has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of the investigation. In a recent televised speech, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah lambasted the probe, accusing Bitar​ of being “politicized.” Nasrallah offered no evidence to support the claim which was seen as a vociferous defense of the group’s political allies who have been targeted in the investigation.

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