Kretschmann does not want to evaluate the anger about the lawyer's letter

Created: 05/03/2022 14:02

Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen).

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In connection with the sex allegations against a high-ranking police officer, Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) is heavily criticized for publishing a letter from a lawyer - Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) wants the processes, on which the interior committee also meets on Wednesday, but not evaluate.

Stuttgart - That is a matter for the Ministry of the Interior, said Kretschmann on Tuesday in Stuttgart.

You have to see whether the committee will clarify the process or not.

"I'm only responsible very late." Kretschmann said that Strobl informed him "very cursorily" before the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" reported on the case.

He took note of that.

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The public prosecutor's office has been investigating suspected sexual harassment against a leading police officer in Baden-Württemberg since November.

The man is said to have harassed a chief inspector in a video chat with his ideas about sexual practices.

The prosecutor is investigating.

Because the letter from a lawyer from the accused police officer to the Ministry of the Interior became public, the public prosecutor's office also became active in the matter.

The Ministry of the Interior had admitted that it had made the letter public "in coordination with the top management to a single journalist".

The opposition accuses Strobl of passing on official secrets to the press.

dpa