Just hours before the elections in two eastern German states on Sun., the German media were full of a report about how the Munich prosecutor's office had applied to have the immunity of MEP Petr Bystron of AfD lifted so that he could be prosecuted on suspicion of accepting money to act on behalf of Russia. It was only one of many official acts taken in recent years against AfD and its members. The party did so well on Sun. in Thuringia (32.8%) and Saxony (30.6%) that it's hard to say whether the free publicity from official quarters hurts it or helps it. Donald Trump is clear on the issue as far as his own legal troubles are concerned. He said on Fox News on Sun. that, "It's so crazy that my poll numbers go up ... when [I get] indicted for interfering with a presidential election." Hmm, does it also work the other way around? Is the drop in the polling of Tomio Okamura's SPD perhaps partly because the interior ministry and BIS counterintelligence agency haven't been attacking it enough? BIS Dir. Michal Koudelka indicated in July that he doesn't even consider SPD to be a serious security risk. Okamura should probably sue him for saying that.