The PSOE has filed a formal complaint against the Partido Popular after former ministerial adviser Koldo García, convicted in the 'mask cases' to 19 years in prison by the Supreme Court, said that they offered to cover his defense and hand him one million euros in exchange for him to testify falsely against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The complaint, filed with the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the State and to which Europa Press has had access, points to possible crimes of obstruction of justice, influence trafficking, falsification in a commercial document, bribery, prevarication, and embezzlement.
The document is also directed against one of the PP lawyers, Alberto Durán, and against a publishing company with which payment of Koldo’s defense is linked.
According to the Socialists, that payment would have been made "with a consideration of institutional publicity from administrations of the same political leaning" and "they indicate indiciatively that the effective recipient of the benefit could be the Partido Popular".
In the document, the PSOE emphasizes: "That verification requires in this investigation examining the party’s accounts, its economic relationships with the publisher between May 2025 and the present, and the reports submitted to the Court of Auditors".
Likewise, the group recalls that on 9 November, the 'popular' leader Cuca Gamarra, "when asked by the media, confirmed the existence of meetings between Alberto Durán and Koldo García, although she categorically denied offering any amount to him, but without clarifying either where that meeting took place, the nature of that meeting, or what its purpose was".
In his final statement at the trial before the Supreme Court, Koldo said: "The lawyer for the Partido Popular also offered to collaborate with me, of course, by lying and deceiving all Spaniards. What is the issue? I’m in prison, I’ve lost absolutely everything, and I’ve said that I’m not going to lie".