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Australian billionaire businessman James Packer (Top) greets Sara Netanyahu (R), while Elie Wiesel sits below, moments before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about Iran to a joint meeting of the United States Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol, March 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images/ AFP/ File)

A company controlled by Australian billionaire James Packer transferred some $1.25 million over the past two years to the Tel Aviv law firm whose senior lawyer leads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense in his ongoing corruption trial, according to an investigation published Monday.

The Sydney Morning Herald said in its report that it had not established that Netanyahu benefited from the payments to Hadad Roth Shenhar & Co., which represents him in three cases being heard at the Jerusalem District Court.

Packer later denied that the payments had funded Netanyahu’s legal defense.…