Overview

• The party filed a seven-page written response and provided two Excel files this week to Supreme Court judge Leopoldo Puente.
• Records show José Luis Ábalos received €524,722 net as a deputy and additional leadership payments, totaling €586,043 between 2014 and 2024.
• Ábalos’s donations—including membership fees and role-based contributions as deputy, minister and executive member—sum to about €45,000 over the same period.
• PSOE explained that deputies’ net wages are channeled through the Socialist Parliamentary Group, which disburses their pay and withholds agreed donations.
• External audits since 2020 by an independent firm and oversight by the Tribunal de Cuentas have reported no irregularities in the party’s finances.