German Prosecutors Decline to Investigate AfD Donation Controversy

The Mühlhausen public prosecutor's office found no evidence to justify criminal proceedings against Udo Böttcher or Thüringer Böttcher AG over a €999,990 donation to the AfD.

The Mühlhausen public prosecutor's office announced it would not pursue investigations into the legality of the large donation to the AfD.
The €999,990 donation, made by a former Thüringer Böttcher AG supervisory board member, fell just below the threshold for automatic Bundestag reporting.
Prosecutors cited insufficient evidence of criminal behavior or deliberate concealment of the donation's origin by Udo Böttcher or Thüringer Böttcher AG.
Udo Böttcher claimed to have gifted €2 million to Horst Jan Winter, who subsequently donated part of it to the AfD, but later revoked the portion donated to the party citing 'gross ingratitude.'
Böttcher has faced personal repercussions, including threats, following public scrutiny of the donation controversy.