Hans-Georg Maaßen accuses the Greens of mishandling the Lina E. case and describes it as partly "extremist" The former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is controversial in his own party.
The Green Youth chairman Timon Dzienus had expressed sympathy with Lina. E. in a tweet. The student was found guilty of committing several serious attacks on right-wing extremists and sentenced to five years and three months in prison.