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Hungarian President's Office Publishes Files of Controversial 2024 Pardon that Brought Down Former President

Newly released documents from Hungary’s presidential office have shed fresh light on the country’s biggest political scandal in recent years: the controversial pardon granted to Endre K., a convicted figure linked to a child abuse cover-up case. The case was the one that made Hungary’s then-President, Katalin Novák, resign. The files appear to confirm that neither the presidential administration nor the Justice Ministry initially supported cleme…

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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has called on former President Katalin Nováková to reveal whether she granted a pardon in 2023 in a paedophile scandal at the request of the family of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He did so in connection with the publication on Friday of additional documents related to the pardon in the aforementioned case.

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Hungary's President Tamás Sulyok announces close cooperation with the government in connection with the pardon scandal.

·Vienna, Austria
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“Following the information made public today, I call on Katalin Novák to come clean, 3 years late, about whether she granted clemency to Endre Kónya at the behest/request of the Orbán family,” writes Péter Magyar on Facebook. The Prime Minister is reacting to the fact that the Sándor Palace published the documents of the clemency case on Friday morning. Based on these, the directorate of the President of the Republic, i.e. the Chief of Staff, di…

·Hungary
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Péter Magyar called on President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok on Facebook.

·Budapest, Hungary
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"Don't wait for the government's instructions!" the Prime Minister instructed the President of the Republic.

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Heti Világgazdaság broke the news in Hungary on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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