German satirist acquitted over mockery of Trump assassination attempt

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https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/23/german-satirist-acquitted-over-social-media-posts-about-trump-assassination-attempt

Sebastian Hotz, known online as “El Hotzo”, was charged with condoning a criminal offence by mocking the shooting of Donald Trump on social media.

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rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Prosecutors charged Hotz with approval of offences over the posts, and at a one-day trial at the Tiergarten district court in Berlin, they called for him to be given a €6,000 fine. They argued that the posts fell into the category of hate crimes and, because Hotz has nearly 740,000 followers on X, could disturb the public peace.

Wow they were just fully looking the other way on Jan 6th 2021 weren’t they?

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