Fabio De Masi, the former vice-president of the Left party group in the Bundestag, has applied to the Hamburg prosecutor’s office to initiate a criminal investigation against German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on suspicion of making false statements in the Cum-Ex trial. embezzlement of state money. This has been reported Spiegel.
In February 2022, a lawsuit was filed against Olaf Scholz, who served as mayor of Hamburg, and Peter Chencher, who took office, “on suspicion of aiding and abetting tax evasion”. Hamburg-based lawyer Gerhard Strathe filed the case. According to him, both politicians are involved in the Cum Ex case, in which Hamburg private bank MMWarburg & CO embezzled public funds.
Scholz told investigators he did not “remember” the content of the meeting that took place between him and the shareholders of Hamburg private bank MMWarburg & CO, Christian Olearius and the co-owner of Bank Max Warburg, but will confirm that it was as follows: citing his calendar.
According to Fabio De Masi, Scholz should have remembered at least one meeting that took place in 2017, as it was confirmed publicly by his spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit in February 2020.
De Masi suggested that this situation may indicate that Scholz made false statements.
The former deputy leader of the left party stressed that the deception of the investigative commission by the chancellor is unacceptable.
Release of Stern earlier last week published Emails questioning German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s testimony in the state money embezzlement case called Cum-Ex
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