Overview
- The Bundestag unanimously authorized judicial search-and-seizure measures connected to the AfD lawmaker, with AfD members supporting the move.
- The Dresden public prosecutor’s office cited suspected bribery as a European Parliament mandate holder and alleged money laundering tied to Chinese funds.
- The orders were issued by the Dresden Higher Regional Court and are directed at third parties where investigators believe evidence may be found.
- Investigators previously searched Krah’s apartment, his Bundestag office, and locations in Dresden, Limbach-Oberfrohna, and Brussels after his immunity was lifted in September.
- A former Krah staffer was earlier convicted in Dresden of spying for China and received a four-year, nine-month sentence, a case Krah has said he bears no responsibility for.