The far-right Reichsbürger movement alleged conspirators planned new army for coup. Prosecutors said the suspects planned to set up 280 armed units across Germany to facilitate the plot. #Germany #Reichsbürger #Coup #ArmedPlot

"What was happening in parliament? 

On Monday, three special committee sessions were held in the Bundestag behind closed doors. 

The legal affairs committee and the interior affairs committee were holding meetings where Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and federal prosecutors will deliver "reports and results" from the raids and provide further information about the operations. 

 

In a third session, lawmakers posed questions to the parliamentary control committee, which is responsible for Germany's domestic and foreign intelligence services. 

The information received in the meetings, as well as the debate among lawmakers, is not expected to be made public. However, Scholz's government will publicly face questions from lawmakers on Wednesday during the Bundestag's next plenary meeting. 

What did prosecutors say? 

Prosecutors said the suspects planned to set up 280 armed units across Germany that would have been tasked with "arresting and executing" people after a coup. 

In the states of Saxony, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg, concrete preparations had already been made, lawmakers said. 

"There were obviously plans that, based on the scale of their intentions against our liberal democracy, are shocking," said Konstantin von Notz, a Green Party lawmaker. 

Prosecutors also briefed lawmakers about seizing a large number of "non-disclosure agreements" by people the alleged plotters had tried to recruit."

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