Overview
- Berlin prosecutors launched proceedings for use of unconstitutional symbols over an alleged 2023 gesture inside the Reichstag.
- Officials say the accused reportedly clicked his heels and performed a Hitler salute in the east entrance cloakroom on June 22, 2023.
- The prosecutor’s communiqué did not name the deputy, but stated the gesture was visible to people present in the Bundestag.
- Moosdorf says he was checking his wife’s coat and claims direct witnesses, including cloakroom staff and Bundestag police, contradict the allegation.
- The Bundestag lifted Moosdorf’s parliamentary immunity in October, while separate probes have recently involved other AfD figures, including Maximilian Krah over suspected China-linked offenses.