LIVE BREAKING Călin Georgescu, questioned by prosecutors after he was picked up from traffic. He is a suspect in a case related to supporting a fascist or anti-Semitic organization

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LIVE BREAKING Călin Georgescu, questioned by prosecutors after he was picked up from traffic. He is a suspect in a case related to supporting a fascist or anti-Semitic organization /George Simion denounces ”an abuse of the totalitarian state /Georgescu's bodyguard, nicknamed ” Sniper“, brought to the Prosecutor's Office for hearings
Investigations • 26 Feb • Damian Matthew • 64,806 views • 25 comments
Prosecutors from the General Prosecutor's Office picked up Călin Georgescu from traffic on Wednesday and took him to the prosecutor's office. He is a suspect in a case in which prosecutors searched dozens of mercenaries at Horace Potra.

Watch the events of the day LIVE:

2:48 p.m. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared, in a response to Digi24, that, considering the current electoral context, the state authorities have the duty to present extremely solid evidence in this file.

2:39 p.m. Călin Georgescu's bodyguard was brought to the General Prosecutor's Office for hearings, sources close to the investigation told G4Media

Marin Burcea is a former fighter in the Foreign Legion nicknamed ”Sniper”. After finishing his military career, Burcea partnered with characters such as Eugen Sechila, leader of a neo-legionary movement in Romania, and developed business with Dorina Mihai. Details here.

2:29 p.m. Several dozen demonstrators gathered in front of the General Prosecutor's Office in Constitution Square to protest the bringing of Călin Georgescu for questioning. They chant “The gendarmerie defends the thief”

The Gendarmerie of the Capital specified, in a press release, that the Headquarters of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice “is part of the category of objectives of particular importance for the activity of the state, whose guarding is permanently ensured with gendarmes, according to Government Decision no. 1486 of 2005 regarding ensuring the guarding and protection of objectives, assets and values with gendarmerie numbers.

“In this context, public order and safety measures were also taken in the outer area of the objective, considering the presence of several people on the spot.
We are able to adapt the device of gendarmes according to the number of people present in the public space, with the aim of not jeopardizing the smooth running of the institution's activities and to ensure a climate of order and public safety.
We recommend participants to show understanding towards the measures taken and to adopt a civilized behavior”.
2.15pm: Several dozen supporters of Călin Georgescu gathered in front of the General Prosecutor's Office. Some have flags and other props. They joined the AUR parliamentarians who also came to support Călin Georgescu
2 pm: The accusations brought against Călin Georgescu by prosecutors, according to G4Media information:

– Initiating or establishing an organization with a fascist, racist or xenophobic character, joining or supporting such a group in any form
– Public promotion of the worship of persons guilty of committing crimes of genocide against humanity and war crimes as well as the act of publicly promoting fascist ideas, conceptions or doctrines
both from art 3 and 5 of GEO 31/2002
– Initiation or establishment of an organization with an anti-Semitic character, accession or support in any form of such an organization, art 6 of LG 157/2018

1.54 pm: Video from the moment Călin Georgescu was lifted from traffic, posted by the American influencer Mario Nawfal, who permanently supported Georgescu:

1.50 pm: George Simion announces that he and the AUR parliamentarians will remain before the General Prosecutor's Office as necessary, and until 12 at night:

1:36 p.m. Călin Georgescu is being questioned as a suspect, sources close to the investigation told G4Media.

1:34 p.m. Anamaria Gavrilă calls for protests after Călin Georgescu was picked up by prosecutors: “We need you, we need you to be behind us”

1:27 p.m.: George Simion and several AUR parliamentarians arrived at the General Prosecutor's Office to support Călin Georgescu. ”Preventing Mr. Georgescu from submitting his application file is not normal. It is an abuse of the totalitarian state. We are here with all the AUR parliamentarians, who came to supervise and observe that no law is broken and that an innocent man is not detained and then arrested. We can expect anything from these abusers, I understand it's Mr. Prosecutor Marius Iacob. We do not understand the competence of the Prosecutor's Office General”.

1:22 p.m.: George Simion and the AUR parliamentarians announce that they are going to the General Prosecutor's Office to support Călin Georgescu

1:19 p.m.: Călin Georgescu arrived at the General Prosecutor's Office. He's on crutches, wearing a blue jacket and red pants

1.18 pm: See below the image from the moment the police picked him up from traffic:

calin georgescu stopped in traffic
Photo Source: G4Media.ro
1:17 p.m.: Călin Georgescu's communication team declared on Facebook that he ”was going to submit his new candidacy for the Presidency. Now approx. 30 minutes the system stopped him in traffic and he was picked up for questioning at the General Prosecutor's Office! Where else is democracy, where are the partners who have to defend democracy?”

Călin Georgescu is targeted by an investigation by the General Prosecutor's Office in which he is accused of involvement in an organization with a fascist character and the promotion in the public space of controversial ideologies and historical figures such as Marshal Antonescu, sources close to the investigation told G4Media.

The action takes place on the same day that the General Prosecutor's Office carried out dozens of searches at the group of mercenary Horațiu Potra, the head of the security team of the pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu.

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Călin Georgescu had reacted angrily on Wednesday morning after the information about the searches at Horațiu Potra appeared. He denounced alleged abuses of the ”system” and called for a new rally.

”The communist-bolshevik system continues the heinous abuses! Today, at 6 am, they descended again in dozens of locations on families, waking children from their sleep. He's looking to invent evidence to justify stealing the election and doing anything to block a new presidential bid of mine. He's been searching for three months without success. I, on behalf of my voters, but also those who, although they have other political options, want a democratic and free Romania –, am fighting this security system that wants us in slavery. We live in communism, there is nothing free and legal about everything that happens. I'm not giving in, I'm counting on your support, everyone's, and I'm waiting for you on Saturday, in Piața Victoriei!

Prosecutors found weapons, assault ammunition and more than a million dollars hidden in a safe when searched.

Prosecutors from the General Prosecutor's Office have documented multiple links between Călin Georgescu's entourage and Russia, as evidenced by a series of information and images obtained by G4Media.ro from sources close to the investigation. According to them, the mercenary Horace Potra has direct links with circles of influence in Russia and with the Wagner paramilitary organization.

On 6 September 2024, Potra flew an Emirates plane from Moscow to Dubai.

Other images capture Horace Potra in Moscow, but also at the Russian Embassy.

A public post by Potra, made in the center of Moscow, was complemented by a commentary by Ioan Lup – „the head of Wagner”. This remark underscores the Potra-led group's potential ties to the Wagner paramilitary organization, known for its operations in conflict zones and methods of action of a military nature.

Another character from Călin Georgescu's entourage is Marin Burcea, a former fighter in the Foreign Legion nicknamed ”Sniper”. After ending her military career, Burcea partnered with characters such as Eugen Sechila, leader of a neo-legionary movement in Romania, and developed business with Dorina Mihai.

According to G4Media.ro sources, Burcea's business partner, Dorina Mihai, would have multiple connections with Chechen soldiers from the entourage of Ramzan Kadîrov, the leader of Chechnya, and General Zamid Alievici Chalaev. On social networks, Dorina Mihai posted laudatory images of Vladimir Putin, as well as photos with Chechen soldiers.

On Dorina Mihai's Facebook profile, the profile picture is the portrait of Colonel Zamid Aliyevich Chalaev, commander of the 2nd Special Police Regiment of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic, nicknamed “Regiment Akhmat Kadyrov”, a unit involved in the assault on the city of Mariupol and the plant “Azovstal”.

Dorina Mihai was recently caught in Dubai in the company of members of the Chechen special forces fighting under the direct command of Ramzan Kadîrov, according to the cited sources.

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