Overview

• The one-day hearing is set for July 23 at Amtsgericht Tiergarten on charges of Belohnung und Billigung von Straftaten.
• The Berlin public prosecutor successfully appealed a lower court’s refusal to admit the charges.
• Prosecutors allege that Hotzo’s now-deleted X posts from July 2024 celebrated an assassination attempt on President Trump.
• FDP deputy Wolfgang Kubicki alerted authorities by sharing screenshots of Hotzo’s satirical comments.
• Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg suspended Hotzo’s radio collaboration following the posts; he has remained publicly silent ahead of the trial.