And yet he moves!
Probably hardly anyone who has dealt with Hanno Berger in the past decade expected that he would change his position on the cum-ex tax arrangements.
There was often talk of life in a parallel world, of the power man resistant to advice.
Monday morning at the Bonn district court initially promised no improvement.
In his statement, Berger initially continued his legal campaign against the opinions of others, then expanded this to allegations against the tax authorities and – Attention!
– former clients who ultimately only wanted big money.
His partial confession, with which he at least wants to take responsibility for accompanying the illegal share transactions from 2009 onwards, is all the greater in a snapshot.
The criminal justice system must now examine how seriously the cum-ex string puller ultimately means it.
In any case, the judges in Bonn have already sent a signal.
Others and not you must judge the morals and ethics of the pastor's son Hanno Berger.