Interview with Maryann Gebauer, April 9, 2026

Many thanks to Maryann Gebauer for this interview, which is all about Reiner Fuellmich and the Corona Investigative Committee. In it, I discuss all four parts of my series on Fuellmich, as well as the latest developments regarding the CIC. We got into:* Fuellmich’s failure to provide guarantees or securities for the money taken from the CIC;* Fuellmich’s private use of CIC funds;* Fuellmich’s failure to keep the funds liquid;* the promised transnational lawsuit run by Fuellmich and Marcel Templin that never materialised;* Fuellmich’s clandestine withdrawal of €30,000/month for 17 months for his firm to “deal with emails”;* the lack of evidence that Fuellmich was actually a trial lawyer in the VW and Deutsche Bank cases;* cognitive dissonance among Fuellmich supporters;* Justus Hoffmann and Antonia Fischer’s attempt to sue Viviane Fischer for €4.5 million;* the strange circumstances around the sale of Fuellmich’s house;* the 1999 ZDF documentary that asked critical questions about Fuellmich’s role in producing spectacle;* the Crimes Against Humanity Tour;* Fuellmich’s Scientology links;* Financial Turnaround;* fundraisers for Fuellmich;* Fuellmich’s potential intelligence role in demoralising the opposition;* lessons for those who consume “alt media”;* the changing reception of my Fuellmich series;* the lack of interest in criticism of Fuellmich among the “alt media”;* Fuellmich’s Wikipedia page and the treatment of him on X; and* social media influencers supporting Fuellmich.Support My WorkIf you valued this content and are not a paid subscriber, please consider leaving a one-off tip for an amount of your choosing.If you would like to make a one-off or recurring donation to help fund my work in general, I would be most grateful. There are numerous ways of doing so, including wire transfer, Paypal, crypto, UK cheques, and BMC.If you have not done so already, please consider taking out a subscription to davidahughes.net or upgrading an existing one – free, paid, or gold-tier. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dhughes.substack.com