The PSOE delivered to the National Court the distribution of cash payments made by the party between 2017 and 2024information requested in November by Judge Ismael Moreno, who is investigating the Koldo affair. In a brief document that you accessed 20 minutesthe lawyer of the formation declares that she appeared this Tuesday before the Central Court of Instruction number 2 of the Tribunal and ruled a USB stick in a sealed envelope. Inside is the requested documentation.
On November 26, Ismael Moreno issued the order that questioned the PSOE, after opening a separate room by order of the Supreme Court to investigate these events. All this following a report from the UCO which revealed the existence of certain cash payments from the party to Koldo García and Ábalos which did not correspond to the accounts initially provided by the formation. After analyzing Koldo García’s messaging conversations, the Civil Guard also discovered that Some of these payments were made through the former advisor’s wife. or through his brother Joseba García.
After receiving the first request from Ismael Moreno, the Socialist Party asked the instructor to clarify whether the requested information concerned all Ferraz workers or only those under investigation in the case: Ábalos, García and Santos Cerdán. In its letter, the PSOE expressed its complaints about the possibility of the information ending up in the media. “There is also no right to demand that the PSOE hand over all this extremely sensitive information so that it ends up in the archives of the PP, from Vox and Hazte Oír, no less“, lamented the training.
But the judge responded that the requested documents should include cash payments to “everyone (positions, workers, supporters or volunteers, etc.)” that they received between 2017 and 2024, among which also includes its general secretary, Pedro Sánchez. Likewise, the National Court judge reprimanded the political party, saying that the first requirement was already “sufficiently” clear, “without containing any obscure concepts.” December 3.
From now on, the judge must study the data provided by the party and check whether they meet the requirement. So far, the proceedings carried out by the Supreme Court have not clarified what the “origin” of this money was. This was stated by Moreno himself in one of the writings, emphasizing that “the origin of the cash sums that the PSOE would have in its own headquarters was not sufficiently explained.”
After collecting the statement of the former director of the PSOE Mariano Moreno and party activist Celia Rodríguez, the Supreme Court agreed to entrust the investigation to the National Court. Magistrate Ismael Moreno, in addition to demanding the details of the payments, accepted that “the supporting documents justifying said payments” be included.
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