{"id":12558,"date":"2026-06-24T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12558"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:34:00","slug":"michalis-dimitrakopoulos-on-the-arrest-warrant-for-avramopoulos-the-case-is-a-blunder-and-a-hoax-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12558","title":{"rendered":"Michalis Dimitrakopoulos on the arrest warrant for Avramopoulos: The case is a blunder and a hoax (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"216\"> Michalis Dimitrakopoulos described the case of Dimitris Avramopoulos as a \u201cblunder\u201d and a \u201cbubble,\u201d comparing it to the Qatargate and the Ka\u00efli case. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"292\">     The same offenses as in the Ka\u00efli case, says Dimitrakopoulos <\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"590\">     On the show <strong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"333\">\u201cBehind the Lines\u201d<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"350\">Action24<\/strong>, lawyer <strong data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"391\">Michalis Dimitrakopoulos<\/strong> discussed the case of <strong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"444\">Dimitris Avramopoulos<\/strong>, arguing that the charges against him are identical to those that had been brought against <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"559\">Eva Kaili<\/strong> in the context of <strong data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"589\">Qatargate<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"890\">     As he noted, these involve the offenses of <strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"675\">participation in a criminal organization<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"694\">corruption<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"757\">money laundering<\/strong>. According to him, in the case of <strong data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"808\">Ka\u00efli<\/strong>, four years have passed without any definitive progress in the case. <\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1mz15rk\" data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"938\">     Reference to Lib\u00e9ration and Belgium-gate <\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"1147\">     <strong data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"961\">Dimitrakopoulos<\/strong> also claimed that in the case of <strong data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1018\">Avramopoulos<\/strong>, the funds under investigation were <strong data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1063\">declared<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1084\">taxed<\/strong>, expressing the view that the case constitutes \u201ca <strong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1145\">blunder<\/strong>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1452\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">     At the same time, he cited an article in <strong data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1202\">Lib\u00e9ration<\/strong> report, according to which <strong data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1240\">Qatargate<\/strong> has evolved into <strong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1277\">\u201cBelgium-gate\u201d<\/strong>, noting that even <strong data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1373\">investigative officials<\/strong> are currently under investigation in connection with the case. Concluding his remarks, he described the case as \u201cyet another <strong data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1450\">bubble<\/strong>.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">Dimitrakopoulos on Avramopoulos: \u201cThese are exactly the same charges that were brought against Ka\u00efli: participation in a criminal organization, corruption, and money laundering of proceeds from a criminal organization. As for Ka\u00efli, four years have passed since these charges were filed and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/u2RAv0YPyw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomanifesto.gr (@tomanifesto) June 24, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nMichalis Dimitrakopoulos described the Dimitris Avramopoulos case as a \u201cblunder\u201d and a \u201cbubble,\u201d comparing it to Qatargate and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}