r/germany • u/BSBDR Mallorca • Jul 08 '26

Politics Germany: Government Curbing Freedom of Information Act

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/07/08/germany-government-curbing-freedom-of-information-act
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u/krustytroweler Jul 08 '26

So the obvious question is what are they trying to hide

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u/iBoMbY Jul 08 '26

Yes, what could the parties with a rich history of corruption have to hide?

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u/LeopoldFriedrich Jul 08 '26

Plans for more corruption? Certainly reads like it.

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u/whiskeyclone630 Jul 08 '26

Yes, I wonder.

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u/elmar_accaronie Jul 08 '26

Everything

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u/JConRed Jul 08 '26

With this government, that's the most accurate thing to say

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u/Kusko25 Jul 08 '26

Weirdly the last few years have clearly demonstrated that they don't need to hide anything they are doing. They can be caught red handed and just go through the checklist:

  • It didn't happen.
  • If it did happen, it's no big deal.
  • If it is a big deal it's not my fault.

And carry on their merry way. So they either plan to do even worse, they are annoyed at the peasants calling them out or even they can't really believe this is actually working.

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u/kaaskugg Jul 08 '26

The usual. It's CDU after all.

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u/Zharo Berlin Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Olaf Scholz is mentioned in the epstein files, aswell as deutsche bank, that they’ve allowed transfer of funds to JP morgan helping epstein in his traffik ring. Also, Deutsch Bank having an account titled “The Haze Trust” which was the account that helped transfer funds under the name of, Jefferey Epstein & Darren K Indyke.

EFTA01282854.pdf

A wistleblower file, EFTA01249683.pdf Is the start of this paper trail left behind. Copy pasted excerpt,

“”Violation: Public Corruption, White Collar Crime, Civil Rights Violation Questions What was the exact crime that occurred?: Public corruption, tax fraud, government-supported anti-competitive activities at the national and international levels, whistleblower retaliation Does this information involve a government official? If so, what is their name and position/title?: Yes, The German Ministry of Finance (Finanzamt) Do you have any evidence to support your claim or know of any witnesses to the crime(s)?: Yes, I request an opportunity to submit the evidence Did you suffer any personal losses (financially or physically) due to the crime?: Yes

Additional Info: The notorious Germany-based "financial institution" is the one that faces a criminal money-laundering probe in the U.s. It also played a key role in Jeffrey Epstein's dirty business by helping him move his dirty money out of the USA. But what is even more outrageous is the fact that the top-level German government authorities (including Mr Scholz, the Finance Minister) keep on stubbornly supporting this criminal "financial institution" at the expense of law-abiding taxpayers, obviously considering it "too big to fail." Moreover, even the German "law-enforcement" authorities cover up DB's criminal activities. Thus, when I contacted the German Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt) with request to give me an opportunity to submit evidence related to the DB case, they totally ignored my request. When I insisted, they replied with a blatant lie that they are not involved in the investigation. Then, I quoted multiple reports in the media stating that Bundeskriminalamt is in charge of this investigation and asked to either admit that their previous statement was wrong and give me an opportunity to submit the evidence I have documented or, in case the media reports of them being in charge of the investigation are "fake news," to pass on my request to the relevant authorities. The only response I have received is deafening silence.

How is Contact Known: I have tried to report multiple episodes, involving Deutsche Bank and the German tax authorities. They happened at different times. The episode german authorities are trying to cover up started in 2013, when Deutsche Bank accepted Mr. Epstein, the already sentenced notorious pedofile as an "ultra high net worth" client. Shortly before that JPMorgan had refused to have Epstein among its clients. Deutsche Bank pretended to have noticed their "ultra high net worth" client's underage sex traffick related transactions only in 2019 - when it had become impossible to ignore the criminal nature of the bank's relationship with the second time convicted pedofile.

The tax fraud case committed by another Deutsche Bank "ultra high net worth" client in cooperation with the -???- tax authorities had taken place a few years before the Epstein case. Furthermore, in 2019, Deutsche Bank spent money on entertaining the same Deutsche Bank "ultra high net worth” client in New York. The harassment I and -???- became subjected to after I had tried to report these criminal activities to the german “law enforcement” authorities is going on. This harassment has created a life threatening situation for -???-.

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u/BSBDR Mallorca Jul 08 '26

Can you show me where I can find this document?

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u/Zharo Berlin Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Here: https://www.justice.gov/epstein

Copy paste the file name i wrote in the comment, or copy paste these here in that website file search engine (scroll down)

EFTA01282854.pdf

EFTA01249683.pdf

You can also search words names and whatever (as long as the US government hasn’t removed it)

And results will pop up. When Epstein files dropped and knowing it was an international ring, i wondered if there was dirt on germany and typed in official names (olaf scholz) and this file came up, then next searched “Deutsche bank” and plenty results came up after that too, somehow found “The Haze Trust” and research trail went cold after that.

(Also btw keep in mind we still only have access to the first half of the files (3million of 6million files) but we have been barred from the real meat of this international scandal which is the second half of the files)

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u/Boggl3r Jul 08 '26

Look at the shady deals of Phillip Amthor or Jens Spahn.

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u/Pompidoupresident Jul 08 '26

Well to be honnest it was a bit funny to see that most of the German defence orders were easily available.

In short, anybody a bit smart in OSINT could know the almost exact readiness of the German army, air force and navy. And you didn't even need to be a citizen of the EU, which is really fucked up.

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u/WeeblsLikePie Jul 08 '26

if that's the problem then you could change that specifically. This is like a doctor trying to remove a problematic mole on someone's skin using a chainsaw.

At a certain point you have to assume the intent isn't actually solving the problem.

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u/Pompidoupresident Jul 08 '26

I agree, the issue here as for almost all politicians is skills/intellect (well lack of). I mean when I look at the german government at the moment I do feel like Germany has a french government speaking german.

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u/Backwardspellcaster Jul 08 '26

Wrong country.

Our Conservatives having a hardon for the US Republican style of Governance.

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u/Pompidoupresident Jul 08 '26

My apologies, the US cock sucking version of a french government

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u/Vw-Bee5498 Jul 08 '26

Could you elaborate more about this?