The public prosecutor's office is investigating cabaret artist Steimle because of statements about Merkel and Merz
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Statements by cabaret artist Uwe Steimle about Angela Merkel and Friedrich Merz at an AfD event have legal consequences. The public prosecutor's office is investigating on suspicion of threatening to commit crimes.
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