"American author unjustly, criminally charged for tweeting his book cover."

C.J. Hopkins needs your help to fight this unjust criminal case.

"Just when you may have thought things couldn't get any crazier: American playwright and humorist C.J. Hopkins, has been sent a “punishment order” by a German judge, offering him a Sophie's Choice of 60 days in jail or 3,600 euros.

His crime? Essentially, insulting the German health minister in a tweet, and using a scarcely-visible image of a Swastika on a mask in a book critical of the global pandemic response, The Rise of the New Normal Reich. ( Designed by C.J. and Anthony Freda www.anthonyfreda.com)

He was first accused of this “crime” in June, shortly after Roger Waters was placed under investigation for wearing his clearly satirical “Pink” costume in a stage performance in Berlin. As I wrote when C.J. was charged weeks later, authorities claim that through the use of the mask image, C.J. was “disseminating propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the aims of a former National Socialist organization.”

by Matt Taibbi

From C.J.: "A lot of readers have been asking how they can make a donation to help with the legal costs related to the absurd but very real prosecution I am currently facing in Germany. Here (below) are some ways to do that. I'll update this post if and when any additional means of donating to my legal defense fund become available, but, for now, this is it.

To get things going, Catherine Austin Fitts has generously offered to match the first $500 in donations. Thank you, Catherine! 

Bobby Kennedy, Jr. also wants to kick in (don't tell anyone … he's getting demonized enough), as does Matt Taibbi, and I'm extremely grateful.

I don't know how costly this prosecution is going to end up. According to my lawyer, after my Kakfaesque trial, there will be an appeal, probably more than one. I plan to see this process through to the end. It will certainly go on for months, if not years.

Here's my current rough estimate of legal costs:

• Legal fees: €5,000 - €10,000 (that's just a guess)
• Court costs: €5,000 - €10,000 (another guess)
• The fine: €3,600 (the judge has already set this amount; see Matt Taibbi's recent Racket News piece)

That estimate (or “guesstimate”) is based on a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful battle in the German courts. Some people are telling me this could go all the way to the Bundesverfassungsgericht, i.e., Germany's Supreme Court. We'll see. Honestly, I'm still finding it hard to believe that all this is actually happening. 

Of course, there's a chance I could prevail, but, the way things are going, it seems pretty clear that the German authorities are determined to make an example of me, the rule of law be damned. My intention is to shine as much light as possible on their abuse of state power along the way, because my case is just one of numerous examples of the naked crackdown on dissent that is being conducted, not just here in Germany, but also in other countries throughout the West.

So, that's why I'm setting up this legal defense fund.

N.B. If the balance of my Legal Defense Fund somehow ends up exceeding my legal costs at the end of the day, the surplus will be reallocated to my “Get the Hell out of Germany” Fund.