Former AfD member of the Bundestag Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was in contact with federal politicians from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) even after her arrest on suspicion of terrorism. According to research by Stern and RTL, three members of the party’s current parliamentary group have a permanent permit to visit Malsack-Winkemann in Berlin’s Lichtenberg correctional facility: Gereon Bollmann, Jürgen Pohl and Steffen Kotré.
The Federal Prosecutor General recently charged Birgit Malsack-Winkemann with membership in a terrorist organization. As part of the Reich Citizens’ Group around Henry XIII. Prince Reuss is said to have helped plan the overthrow of the federal government. He also brought charges against 26 other defendants. Malsack-Winkemann has been in custody since December 7, 2022.
According to confidential documents, AfD MP Gereon Bollmann has had a permanent visit permit for Malsack-Winkemann since February 2, 2023. In a letter to the Federal Prosecutor General, he said he wanted to visit the terror suspect about once a month. Bollmann is president of the AfD’s Federal Arbitration Court. When asked, Bollmann only said that the AfD party leadership was not informed about contact with the detainee.
According to the research, the AfD MP and energy policy spokesman, Steffen Kotré, has also had a permanent permit for prison visits to Malsack-Winkemann since June 1, 2023, and his party colleague Jürgen Pohl since August 24, 2023. Kotré had a request from Stern and RTL unanswered. Pohl, who is considered a close confidant of the Thuringian AfD state chairman Björn Höcke, replied in an email: “After a year in custody, wouldn’t you also be happy if you were visited by a third party?”
The research team on the Reich citizen complex: Vicky Bargel, David Holzapfel, Tina Kaiser, Birte Meier, Marc Neller, Uli Rauss, Oliver Schröm. Verification: Moritz Dickentmann, Hildegard Frilling, Tobias Hamelmann, Michael Lehmann-Morgenthal, Dirk Liedtke.
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