Two months later he resigned from the cabinet, after Attorney General Michael Ben-Yair opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Neeman had tried to suborn a witness in the trial of MK Aryeh Deri.
To måneder senere fratrådte han, efter at statsanklageren Michael Ben-Yair indledte en undersøgelse af påstande om, at Neeman havde forsøgt at påvirke vidner i retssagen mod MK Aryeh Deri.