A leading ultra-Orthodox Israeli lawmaker admitted Thursday to helping a suspected sex felon try to avoid trial, as part of a plea bargain that would keep him out of prison. Yaakov Litzman, a former health minister and head of the United Torah Judaism faction, was charged with fraud and breach of trust for using his political power to sway the expert opinion of a psychiatrist examining the mental fitness of Malka Leifer. Leifer, a dual Israeli-Australian citizen, was extradited to Australia last year after a lengthy legal battle in Israel, where she claimed to be mentally unfit to stand trial….