Reynders Messages with Belgian Spy Official Land in Money-Laundering File
Leaked messages show a senior Belgian spy official advising Reynders on how to counter allegations and manage scrutiny, according to EUobserver and intelligence sources.
- Leaked WhatsApp messages between former EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders and senior Belgian intelligence official Hugues Brulin have been incorporated into a criminal investigation, according to records published on October 23 by EUobserver.
- Exchanges spanning 2019 to 2023 reveal Brulin allegedly helped neutralize VSSE investigations into Reynders, with intelligence sources claiming his role was to shield the politician from probes into potential Russian connections and financial misconduct.
- Communications show Brulin offered "strategic advice" and proposed a coordinated "counterattack" against a whistleblower while allegedly restructuring intelligence service management to silence internal dissent.
- Belgian magistrates are assessing whether to bring charges of influence peddling or breaches of professional secrecy against Reynders alongside existing money-laundering allegations; ING Bank paid €1.6 million to avoid trial.
- Following police raids on Reynders' properties in December 2024, shortly after his European Commission tenure concluded, the 68-year-old former Belgian foreign and defence minister faces intense legal pressure from multiple investigations.
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demokracija.siLeaked WhatsApp messages between a former European Commissioner for Justice and a senior Belgian intelligence official raise suspicions that Belgian security agents deliberately obstructed investigations into the commissioner's links to Russia. According to the Euobserver portal, Belgian investigators obtained messages between former European Commissioner Didier Reynders and Hugues Brulin, a former senior Belgian state official […] The post Form…
EUobserver reported on Friday that then-EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders and Hugues Brulin, an officer with the Belgian intelligence service (VSSE), allegedly worked to cover up investigations into Reynders’ alleged corruption and possible Russian links. EUobserver has seen a 16-page file of their communications. It shows that between 2019 and 2023 the two men – who already knew each other, as Brulin advised Reynders’ cabinet in 2015 – ma…
Old WhatsApp messages between former Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders (MR) and a former director of State Security have been leaked. The messages discuss, among other things, a corruption investigation against Reynders. The messages came into the hands of the website EU-Observer, which the newspaper De Tijd reports on.
WhatsApp messages exchanged between Didier Reynders and Hugues Brulin in 2022 have just been revealed by the media Euobserver. ...
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