The Berlin lawyer Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, who was imprisoned in a large-scale raid against the "Reichsbürger" scene, is not allowed to continue working as a judge for the time being. This was decided by the Administrative Court of Berlin in a service court procedure, as a spokeswoman announced on Thursday.
In addition, the judge's monthly salary will be reduced by 50 percent. The court thus followed a corresponding request by the Senate Department for Justice, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination.
Against the decision, an appeal to the service court at the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg (OVG) was possible within two weeks, it said.
Malsack-Winkemann was arrested last December in the large-scale raid and is in custody. From 2017 to 2021, she sat for the AfD in the Bundestag, in March 2022 she returned to the judicial service.