Justiz: Wohnhaus von SPD-Politiker Politze durchsucht
Ermittler haben bei Niedersachsens ehemaligem SPD-Fraktionschef Stefan Politze Geräte und Unterlagen sichergestellt. Welche Vorwürfe gegen ihn vorliegen, bleibt offen.
On October 1st, the Hannover State Attorney's Office announced that an SPD politician's home in Hannover had been searched. The investigation, which began at the start of October, involved the search of the residence of Stefan Politze, who had recently resigned as the head of the SPD faction in the Lower Saxony state parliament.
The State Attorney's Office did not specify any charges against Politze at the time of the search. Politze had stated after the news broke that he had nothing to hide and was willing to cooperate with the investigation. His lawyer stated that Politze was being investigated in connection with the proceedings against former Hannover Regional President Steffen Krach (SPD), who is now the faction leader of the SPD in the Berlin Lower House.
Krach, along with Hannover and Bundestag representative Adis Ahmetovic, is suspected of engaging in advantage-taking in two cases, as well as potentially violating non-disclosure agreements during procurement processes in connection with a Klinikgelände (clinic land) in Lehrte, near Hannover. However, it has not been officially confirmed that these proceedings are part of the same investigation involving the awarding of a clinic land in Lehrte.
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