The Flick Affair
In 1958 Von der Heydte Heydte became one of the central figures in the Flick Affair. This was serious party-funding scandal where Von der Heydte Heydte allegedly had, as the director for many years of the Würzburg Institute of Political Science and Policy Association, helped with money wash for political donations to the CDU / CSU and FDP. He had to appear before the Federal Constitutional Court on the issue of party funding through tax-deferred contributions.
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