Lawyer Leticia de la Hoz has decided to step away from the defense of former ministerial adviser Koldo García in the 'Koldo case', which is being investigated at the National Court, citing "professional reasons".
"For professional reasons, the content of which is covered by professional secrecy, I renounce continuing to exercise the defense of Koldo García Izaguirre in this case," the lawyer states in a submission sent to the investigating judge of the case, Ismael Moreno, in which she details that this decision had been communicated previously to the former ministerial adviser "with sufficient advance so that he can provide for his defense".
De la Hoz also indicates that, "in order not to cause indefense" to the person she had so far represented, she will continue to handle the arrangements and actions "that are unavoidable" until the former ministerial adviser appoints a new lawyer of his choice or, failing that, one is appointed for him ex officio.
The attorney represented Koldo García at the trial of the 'masks case' in the Supreme Court (TS), in which he, former Transport minister José Luis Ábalos, and businessman Víctor de Aldama sat in the dock, a procedure that concluded with the conviction of the former ministerial adviser to 19 years in prison.
At the same time, De la Hoz appears as an investigated party in the so-called 'Leire Díez case', in which the National Court magistrate Santiago Pedraz analyzes a supposed plot intended to interfere in judicial proceedings that affect the PSOE, the Government, and family members of the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, which would have been led by former Socialist leader Santos Cerdán and orchestrated by former Socialist activist Leire Díez.