As of this month, Reiner Fuellmich, the German lawyer and co-founder of the Corona Investigative Committee, will have completed two thirds of his prison sentence. In Germany, that means that prisoners may request to be released – especially if they are (alleged) first time offenders, as in Fuellmich’s case. His lawyer Katja Wörmer is currently…
At the start of the criminal case against Fuellmich, in January 2024, a second set of accusations was put before Göttingen’s Fifth Chamber. These referred to a series of payments that were made to Fuellmich’s law office, to compensate colleagues who took care of such things as the Corona Investigative Committee’s correspondence, telephone calls and…
From 17 October 2025, phone call communications by German lawyer Reiner Fuellmich was severely restricted by the prison of Bremervörde. The prison in turn was obeying orders from Public Prosecution Office of Göttingen, who had received complaints by Dr Justus Hoffmann, one of the three lawyers* who reported Reiner Fuellmich to the authorities. For seven…
On Thursday 24 April, after a year-long criminal trial, which began in January 2024 and consisted of more than 50 court hearings, German lawyer and co-founder of Corona Investigative Committee (CIC), Dr Reiner Fuellmich, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, repayment of two allegedly embezzled sums of money (€200K and €500K) plus court fees. The…
Zestien betalingen die het advocatenkantoor van Reiner Fuellmich van 18 maart 2021 tot en met 4 juli 2022 ontving, vormen de zestien aanklachten in een nieuw strafproces tegen deze medeoprichter van het Duitse informatieplatform Corona Ausschuss, zo bepaalde het Hoger Regionaal Gerechtshof van Braunschweig op 5 november. Corona Ausschuss werd vrijwel direct na haar oprichting…
De verklaringen van twee getuigen, die tijdens de dertigste zitting in het strafproces tegen de Duitse advovaat en Corona Ausschuss mede-oprichter Reiner Fuellmich gehoord werden, botsen met die van hoofdgetuige Viviane Fischer, de voormalige Corona Ausschuss collega van de verdachte, tegen. Haar getuigenverklaringen vormden de belangrijkste pijlers onder de aanklacht. Zo getuigde advocaat I.K., bij…
Ook voor de advocaten van de Duitse Advocaat en Corona Ausschuss mede-oprichter Reiner Fuellmich kwam het slotpleidooi van de Officier van Justitie totaal onverwacht. Met de hoogte van de eis, 3 jaar en 9 maanden gevangenisstraf, had men min of meer gerekend, maar dat de rechter na een tumultueus verloop van de zevenentwintigste zitting plotseling…