The CSU politician is said to have turned on his friend Georg Nüßlein to help a company with political pressure on an authority. Alfred Sauter then settled 300,000 euros in legal fees. The case could bring him before Bavaria’s constitutional court and cost him his seat in the state parliament.
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Claus Ott
yes no yes The member of parliament and lawyer Alfred Sauter was abrupt when he was supposed to testify on his own behalf a week ago; in the mask investigation committee of the Bavarian state parliament. The head of the committee, Bavaria’s former Justice Minister Winfried Bausback (CSU), asked whether Sauter had understood the instruction about his rights and duties as a witness. Sauter’s answer: Yes. Does he have anything to report about the current subject of investigation, a company called GNA and its rapid corona test device Octea? no Whether he wanted to make use of his right as the person concerned to refuse to testify? Yes. Put your hands in your pockets, exit.