Overview
- The Landgericht Magdeburg found the Amtsgericht’s July 1, 2025 search order disproportionate and invalid.
- Complaints filed by nine individual lawmakers were rejected as inadmissible because they lacked standing.
- A separate complaint from the SPD parliamentary group is still pending, with a decision to follow.
- Any request by the CDU to have seized documents returned must first be decided by the Amtsgericht Magdeburg.
- The raids targeted CDU, SPD and AfD offices over disputed allowances reported by the taxpayers’ association, the CDU stopped the payments after the searches, and the embezzlement probe remains open.