German chancellor forced again to deny link to banking tax scandal

Previously unseen emails put former Hamburg mayor Olaf Scholz back in spotlight over 300m fraud scheme

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on Friday again denied allegations that he held a protecting hand over a local bank found guilty of a multimillion euro tax fraud scheme while he was mayor of Hamburg, as the centre-left politician was questioned by a state parliamentary committee in the northern city for a second time.

I did not influence the Warburg tax procedure," Scholz said at the start of the session. There was no political influence on the tax procedure."