Otto Graf Lambsdorff resigned from his office as a federal minister on 27 June 1984, after formal accusation was admitted at the Bonn regional court, and Hans Friedrichs had to step down as the CEO of the Dresdner Bank [REF].
The Kohl government tried to pass a bill in 1984 which implied that all politicians who had received tax deductions for donations to political parties would be given an amnesty [REF].