Overview

• Christoph Gröner testified that he set no conditions or expectations for the Berlin CDU in exchange for his donation.
• He recanted remarks from a May 2021 interview as false and described making them as a grave error.
• He told the court he never spoke with Kai Wegner about the payment when Wegner led the Berlin CDU.
• The Bundestagsverwaltung cleared the €800,000 transferred in March and December 2020, relying on a CDU statement and not interviewing Gröner.
• Die Partei is suing, arguing the pre-election donation harmed equal opportunities, and the court has not said when it will rule.