Leticia de la Hoz has resigned from continuing to defend Koldo García and has communicated this through a written statement presented to the Audiencia Nacional this Tuesday, invoking professional secrecy.
The lawyer defended him in the Supreme Court process that ended with a firm sentence of almost 20 years in prison for him for corruption-related crimes committed under the protection of his closeness to José Luis Ábalos, then Minister of Transport. De la Hoz is also indicted in a different case, known as the Leire case, accused of participating in an attempted bribery of businesswoman Carmen Pano, an accusation she denies.
Payments to her firm now incorporated into the 'Leire case'
Previously, the lawyer requested permission from the court to explain who had paid for Koldo García's defense, amid suspicions that it might have been the PSOE.
According to the documentation provided, there were two invoices and the transfer orders that documented the payments for the concept "Fees, tariffs and expenses for legal advice and procedures of Mr. D. Koldo García". This material shows that it was Dos Mil Palabras, the publishing company of the digital newspaper Okdiario, that made two payments totaling 242,000 euros to De la Hoz's firm.
The information published by elDiario.es also details that the first invoice is dated November 27, 2025, the same day Koldo García gave several interviews to Eduardo Inda's digital newspaper with statements against the Executive. Among these statements, Koldo García said: "I heard Sánchez say that his father-in-law contributed 100,000 euros for the primaries"; also that "smurfing was done in the primaries with Romanian, Moroccan, and South American immigrants" and that "I wouldn't put my hand in the fire for Sánchez, Begoña, Marlaska, Chivite, or Zapatero". However, these statements do not by themselves prove the origin of the payments or resolve who ordered them.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the judge decide what effects the documentation will have
The documentation regarding these payments has recently been provided by the lawyer to the Audiencia Nacional court investigating the Leire case, awaiting a decision from the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the judge on how this information affects the development of the case. Meanwhile, Koldo García's own latest revelations about how the PP offered money in exchange for harming the Government have led the PSOE to consider filing a complaint.
In his final statement before the Supreme Court, Koldo García affirmed: "I was offered that this would amount to nothing if I spoke out or got involved with the Government. There are two media outlets that met with me, and what I am saying I can prove, for me to lie and deceive all Spaniards". For now, the process remains pending what the Prosecutor's Office and the judge determine regarding the documentation provided in the case.
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