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Peter Burghardt, Hamburg
So there he is again in Hamburg’s beautiful town hall, this time as Federal Chancellor. But above all: as a witness in a financial crime. Olaf Scholz used to be the boss under these high ceilings. As First Mayor, he also received Christian Olearius several times, although the banker and his Warburg Bank were already being investigated at the time because of serious suspicions of tax evasion. Now, on this Friday afternoon, Scholz has to testify again before the parliamentary committee of inquiry “Cum-Ex tax money affair”, for the second time. What will he say this time?