Overview
- Prosecutors allege Moosdorf greeted a party colleague with a heel‑click and the Nazi salute in a Bundestag cloakroom on June 22, 2023.
- He is charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organisations, an offense punishable by fines or up to three years in prison.
- Investigators say the gesture occurred in a public access area where it would have been perceptible to others.
- Moosdorf denies the accusation, calling it absurd and asserting that witnesses reported seeing nothing.
- The 60‑year‑old has recently lost his foreign‑policy spokesman role and was fined by his parliamentary group over an unauthorized Russia trip.