officially aired on TV3. In 2015, politician Zigmas Vaišvila had appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as well as the Embassy of Russia in Lithuania for them to disclose the information about whether or not Grybauskaitė worked for the USSR Embassy in the US in 1991. Russian institutions had refused to provide any insight on the matter stating: “According to the Article 7 on Personal Data of the Federal Law, operators and inner employees who have access to personal data are obligated not to disclose any information to a third party or share any personal information without the consent of the subject to whom it belongs.” To quote Vaišvila, “in legal terms, this is confirmation that Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė is a subject defended by the Russian state—this goes for her personal data as well as for the secrets of Russia.” Nonetheless, The Insider claimed that the allegations about Grybauskaitė being an ex-KGB agent are false and that in 2015 the Center for Research of Genocide and Resistance of Lithuanian residents was hacked and fake documents about Grybauskaitė as the agent “Magnolia” were published. The claim was backed up by stating that one of the letters allegedly written in 1982 contains inaccuracies and suspicious formulations. The question was raised again when during the talk show Hang On Over There with Andrius Tapinas, the creator of the documentary The Secret of the State about Grybauskaitė, Donatas Ulvydas, had confirmed to the host that she went to a KGB school. According to Ulvydas, she stated: “Yes, I was studying there and there’s nothing here more to talk about.” Despite Ulvydas’ explanation that his former claim was lapsus linguae on Facebook, this resulted in the launch of an investigation by the Lithuanian Seimas. The former President Grybauskaitė had been accused of providing false information, thus violating her oath of office two times. Tulip post scandal In September 2019, Grybauskaitė found herself at the centre of the so-called “tulip post” corruption scandal, which was one of the greatest blows to her career throughout both terms of presidency. Emails from 2014 to 2016 came to light indicating that the President possibly knew about the unlawful relations between politician Eligijus Masiulis and the business group MG Baltic. In 2016, when looking for a new General Prosecutor, Grybauskaitė via Masiulis wished “best of luck” to the President of the MG Baltic, Darius Mockus, in “taking