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Hamburg prosecutors see no evidence to suspect Scholz in tax fraud scandal

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a summer news conference in Berlin, Germany August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

German prosecutors in Hamburg said on Tuesday they have so far seen no reason to investigate Chancellor Olaf Scholz whom lawyers have accused of aiding and abetting tax evasion in connection with one of Germany's biggest fraud investigations.

A spokesperson for the general prosecutor confirmed German media reports, including in Tagesspiegel daily and broadcaster n-tv, that the office had rejected a legal complaint made in February seeking to open criminal proceedings against Scholz.

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