By Associated Press  – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu might be upbeat these days: The economy is growing, his opposition is weak and the incoming Trump administration seems friendly, even to the much-maligned Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Instead, the long-serving leader is mired in a series of eye-popping corruption investigations in a country that has already jailed a prime minister and president.

Police have interrogated Netanyahu several times “under caution” over questionable ties to top executives in media, international business and Hollywood, whipping up a sense that he might actually be driven from office. The latest scandal, involving secret negotiations with the publisher of a critical newspaper, is proving especially embarrassing. The transcripts of Netanyahu’s taped negotiations with his supposed arch-nemesis, media mogul Arnon Mozes of the Yediot Ahronot newspaper group, have dominated the national agenda in recent weeks. Netanyahu allegedly promised to promote legislation that would weaken Yediot’s main competitor in exchange for more favorable coverage.

It follows previous allegations that Netanyahu improperly accepted lavish gifts from wealthy supporters – including Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan – and that his personal attorney, who is also a cousin, represented a German firm involved in a controversial $1.5 billion sale of submarines to Israel. These follow previous repeated claims that his wife Sara misused state funds for personal use, compounding a public image of Israel’s first family as detached hedonists corrupted by years in power.

Last week, police questioned the prime minister's wife, Sara, as part of the investigation. Her questioning by investigators from the National Fraud Unit was said to involve details on gifts she had received, including large quantities of pink champagne. She said the champagne was a legitimate gift between friends, Channel 2 reported on Thursday.