Since 2018 an investigative committee organized by Germany’s Federal Audit Office is looking into how contracts worh tens of millions of euros were awarded to external consultancy firms [https://www.politico.eu/article/the-scandal-hanging-over-ursula-von-der-leyen/. The auditing office has found several irreglularities in how the contracts were awarded. During the investigation, two of van der Leyen's phones were confiscated, but data from both phones has been deleted before being returned to the defense ministry In turn, opposition lawmaker Tobias Linder has filed a criminal complaint against von der Leyen suspecting deliberate destruction of evidence relevant for the case [https://www.dw.com/en/german-defense-ministry-illegally-wiped-phone-data-of-ursula-von-der-leyen/a-51764162 [https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-german-lawmaker-files-criminal-complaint-over-wiped-phone/].