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PSOE’s ‘External’ Audit Finds No Illegal Financing, Flags Questionable Ábalos Expenses

The party’s finding does not supersede the National Court’s sealed investigation into cash payments.

Overview

  • The review was written by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid academics Félix Alberto Vega Borrego and César Martínez Sánchez, both with prior political or government roles.
  • Auditors describe the 2017–2024 cash system as coherent and bank-sourced, with roughly 1% atypical income, and note €940,388 moved into the cash box in the period.
  • The report highlights expenses during José Luis Ábalos’s tenure as Organization chief that it calls striking or plainly improper, including a 2019 Christmas Day meal, charges at the La Chalana seafood restaurant, and a 2020 Paris trip for Ábalos and Koldo García.
  • Emails cited by La Razón indicate the party organized transport for the Paris visit and covered costs, while receipts in several cases lacked clear payee details.
  • Judge Ismael Moreno is maintaining a sealed probe at the Audiencia Nacional into PSOE cash payments based on Guardia Civil findings, with investigators reviewing party-provided records and examining suspected laundering, and the party’s audit has not changed that pathway.