The Austrian Constitutional Court ordered Counselor Sebastian Kurtz to deliver e-mails to the investigation committee, in the case in which he is accused of false testimony, and suspected corruption of his appointment by an acquaintance with the head of the Austrian investment company, Thomas Schmid.
The consultant agreed to the request, except that he indicated that his mailbox had been deleted, shortly after his election to the chancellor in 2019, and because of that the related things were stored in the archive, and irrelevant things were deleted, so nothing could be obtained. Another from a short email account.
For his part, the former head of the chancellery, Manfred Matzka, said that the letters are being backed up regularly.
The Constitutional Court will also ask the Federal President to get Finance Minister Gernot Blumel to hand over the documents to the investigation committee.
Kurtz had testified earlier, clearly denying his relationship with the appointment of Schmid and the Supervisory Board of the investment company, but the testimonies of Kurtz and his office manager were contradictory in this file, and chat messages between Kurtz and the head of the investment company Schmid showed exchange of benefits and agreements to end mutual interests in a manner not befitting of a prime minister According to press reports.
According to the Austrian newspaper meinbezirk, the current investigation with Kurtz could end with his presentation of criminal prosecution, and a sentence of up to 3 years in prison.
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