Overview
- Reuss continued his testimony in Frankfurt on Tuesday, answering a scripted question list from his own lawyer and insisting he opposed any violent takeover, saying, "No coup with me."
- He said meetings at his Thuringian hunting estate were not his initiative and felt like a think tank or informal roundtable focused on discussion rather than plans.
- Those gatherings centered on a supposed "Earth Alliance," which prosecutors describe as a non-existent secret bloc of powerful states and services, including Russia and the United States.
- Prosecutors say the group ran a central council with portfolios like military, interior, and justice, while Reuss calls it mere role-play with no real assignments.
- Reuss was arrested in 2022 during nationwide raids on so-called Reichsbürger, and the case now tests whether evidence proves an organized intent to topple the state under Germany’s terrorism laws.