Ex-SPIEGEL editor-in-chief Klusmann is investigating allegations of plagiarism against “SZ’s’ deputy editor in chief. A three-person commission is to investigate the allegations against Alexandra Föderl-Schmid.

This is already the second public commission for Steffen Klusman. He investigated the case for the ARD broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk surrounding the controversial award-winning journalist, Putin biographer and documentary filmmaker Hubert Seipel.