Trump's son-in-law's project, Serbian Prosecutor's Office indicts Minister of Culture

2025-12-15 13:49:13 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Trump's son-in-law's project, Serbian Prosecutor's Office indicts

According to the prosecutor's announcement, in addition to the Minister of Culture Nikola Sellakovic, the accused are also the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Slavica Jelaca, the acting director of the Republican Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Goran Vasi?, and the acting director of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Belgrade, Aleksandar Ivanovi?.

The indictment relates to irregularities and legal violations during the removal of the cultural property status for the "General Headquarters" buildings.

The suspects are accused of committing two criminal offenses: abuse of official duty under Article 359, paragraph 1, and falsification of an official document under Article 357, paragraph 2, in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime announced.

The Minister of Culture, Nikola Selakovic, was questioned on December 4 at the Organized Crime Prosecution Office as a suspect in the "General Staff" case.

On the site of the General Staff complex, destroyed during NATO bombing in 1999, a luxury complex is planned to be built by the investment company "Affinity Partners" of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić warned on December 11 that, if indictments are filed in the General Staff case, he will pardon all those who "allegedly participated in the abuses."

On November 7, the Serbian Parliament passed a special law that stripped the General Staff of its cultural property status, paving the way for the construction of Donald Trump's son-in-law's luxury complex.

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