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The Berlin public prosecutor’s office is investigating him Journalist Julian Reichelt because of suspicion of Sedition. It’s about one Post on Platform X from April 1stas a spokesman for the Berlin public prosecutor’s office confirmed to the epd news service. First the newspaper had The world reported about it.

In the article, the editor-in-chief of the right-wing populist news portal had nests wrote that Germany will experience “first the infiltration and then the takeover of our police force” by officers with a migrant background in the next few years. He further wrote: “In ten years the police in our cities will be dominated by Arabs. Have fun!” The former one Bild-Editor-in-Chief was referring to one Tabloid reportaccording to which two federal police officers named Ahmet K. and Hakan A. were said to have been involved in drug deals.

Reichelt and his lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel confirmed the proceedings. “Because I predicted here on X.

“That’s exactly my opinion”

“The process is complete madness,” he told the dpa news agency. His lawyer also criticized the investigation. “The state’s continued tendency to want to criminalize critical journalism is becoming a permanent phenomenon in the Federal Republic,” he claimed in an interview with the dpa.

On Welt-Inquiry Reichelt said about his posting: “That is exactly my opinion. As a journalist who closely follows the news from organized crime and also does my own research, for example by speaking to police officers, but also to prominent members of extended families, I am absolutely convinced that this is exactly what will happen.”

Reichelt also referred to a ZDF documentary that reported on the infiltration of the police by criminal clans.

The trigger was a complaint from a private individual

According to the public prosecutor’s office, the investigation was triggered by a complaint from a private individual. This was forwarded by the public prosecutor’s office in Krefeld to the authority in Berlin for jurisdiction reasons. In such a case, the authority must check whether a possible crime has occurred based on the so-called legality principle. The presumption of innocence applies.

Die Welt heard like Bild to the media group Axel Springer. Julian Reichelt was editor-in-chief of the for years Bild-Zeitung, before he was fired over revelations of an abuse of power scandal. Today he is Editor-in-chief of the right-wing populist news portal nests.