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Scholz in the Cum-Ex investigative committee on August 19 in Hamburg
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In the tax scandal surrounding the Hamburg Warburg Bank, the two owners, Max Warburg and Christian Olearius, are putting pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
It is about a confidential protocol from the Finance Committee of the Bundestag from July 2020, which is said to be about a conversation between Scholz and Olearius.
The paper, which has so far remained under lock and key with reference to tax secrecy, is to be made public, primarily according to the will of the Union.
So far, however, the Federal Ministry of Finance has been stonewalling – there is “no reason to assume” that those responsible for Warburg want to disclose their tax secrecy.
Warburg and Olearius now contradict this view: “Of course, they would not assert their right to tax secrecy on this issue,” explained their spokesman.
Olearius' lawyer also announced that the "publication of an unredacted version of the protocol" would be approved.
The paper could be dangerous for the chancellor: So far, Scholz has claimed that he cannot remember the content of conversations he had with Warburg and Olearius at meetings in Hamburg in 2016 and 2017.
The record could show the opposite.
Read more about the dispute over the publication of the minutes here.
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