Germany’s loudest advocate of the Arab cause, Moellemann, had resigned in March from the Free Democrat Party, which was outraged when he issued an anti-Israel leaflet during last year’s election.
Investigators wanted to know if the leaflet was financed by an anti-Israeli outsider, meaning the disgraced politician may have breached political donations laws, or out of Moellemann’s own pocket.
Tax inspectors entered the Moellemann home with a search warrant just after midday, minutes after the federal parliament voted to lift his immunity.—dpa