A highly unusual appearance from Mike Huckabee comes as President Trump has called for the long-running legal case to be canceled.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee made a surprise appearance at Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial on Wednesday. Huckabee said he dropped in on Netanyahu’s trial to “see what’s going on” but was asked to leave after proceedings were moved behind closed doors.

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, arrived on Wednesday at the district court in Tel Aviv to attend Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial. Why it matters: Huckabee's attendance at the court hearing is a significantly unusual and unprecedented move by a U.