COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s top prosecuting authority said Thursday that it would seek to have a former defense minister’s parliamentary immunity lifted so he could be charged with illegally disclosing “highly classified information.”
The office of the director of public prosecutions said it would contact the Folketing, Denmark’s parliament, regarding the immunity of Claus Hjort Frederiksen. He served as the country’s defense minister from November 2016 to June 2019.
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