Preempting the High Court’s decision on the Sde Teiman leak affair, Justice Minister Yariv Levin warned on Sunday that ruling against him would ultimately enable a “cover up.”

“Any ruling that blocks the appointment of the State Ombudsman for Judges Asher Kula” as the lead investigator of the case “would mean that the court has allowed the investigation to be covered up,” Levin said in a statement.

The High Court of Justice was expected to rule on Sunday on who will oversee the criminal investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak scandal, a case that has roiled the country and the justice system.

Levin has insisted that the Attorney General’s Office and State Attorney’s Office cannot be allowed to run the probe, asserting that they are compromised in the case. But those offices have rejected his effort to appoint Kula, the state ombudsman for judges, to run the investigation, calling it improper political intervention in a criminal process.

Court justices indicated last week that Kula was unlikely to pass muster, noting two concerns: the impropriety of a political figure, Levin, selecting the person to lead a........

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