George Simion, after DIICOT opened a new case against Călin Georgescu: “You are no longer even allowed to defend yourself against being wiretapped in your own home!”

AUR President George Simion criticized the DIICOT investigation on Wednesday in which Călin Georgescu was brought in for questioning, calling the case “another invention of the system.” Although he did not mention Georgescu directly, Simion wrote on Facebook that “you are no longer even allowed to defend yourself against being listened to in your own home.”

Călin Georgescu is suspected of having asked for the destruction of devices used by investigators, according to judicial sources cited by Agerpres. Prosecutors claim that he sought “the alteration of computer data and the disruption or deterioration of the technical means used by judicial authorities.”

This is the fourth criminal case opened against the former presidential candidate. Georgescu has been in pretrial detention since September 29, in a case in which he is accused of having defrauded a businessman of 1.1 million euros.

On October 13, the Bucharest Tribunal ordered that pretrial detention be replaced with house arrest, but prosecutors challenged the decision. The Bucharest Court of Appeal is due to hear the DIICOT appeal on Friday. Georgescu has also been sent to trial in cases concerning Legionary propaganda and complicity in an attempted coup d'état.

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