Overview

• Maximilian Krah told the court he knew nothing of alleged espionage by ex-assistant Jian G. and said he first learned of suspicions from media reports.
• He acknowledged that his team shared one password for his European Parliament account and updated it together, a practice the Parliament does not permit.
• Krah declined to answer questions about alleged payments from Jian G., while separate Dresden prosecutors investigate him for bribery and money laundering linked to Chinese funds.
• The indictment accuses Jian G. of storing more than 500 documents, including items classified as sensitive, and of compiling material on AfD leaders and Chinese dissidents.
• Co-defendant Yaqi X. admitted providing flight, freight and passenger data from Leipzig/Halle airport, including information on military transports, with further hearings scheduled through September.