Berlin SPD Donation Scandal Widens: Search Targets Lies Confidant

German prosecutors searched premises in Hannover linked to a confidant of Lower Saxony Minister-President Olaf Lies (SPD), as part of an expanding probe into alleged party donations for Berlin SPD politician Steffen Krach. The development signals the affair is broadening beyond Berlin into state-level party networks, though the specific allegations and evidence remain unconfirmed.