Overview
- The Supreme Court magistrate, Leopoldo Puente, sent the UCO report, PSOE records and recent witness statements to the Audiencia Nacional’s Central Court No. 2, placing next steps with Judge Ismael Moreno.
- The UCO flagged communications about cash payments primarily to José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García that did not align by date or amount with documentation the PSOE provided to the case.
- Testimony from former party manager Mariano Moreno and staffer Celia Rodríguez described weak controls over reimbursements and cash handling funneled through Koldo, leaving the origin and procedure of cash payouts unresolved.
- Carmen Pano told the court she delivered €45,000 on two occasions in October 2020 at PSOE headquarters, a detail now included in the material remitted for potential investigation.
- PSOE leaders María Jesús Montero and Patxi López defended the payments as traceable expense reimbursements, while the PP pressed financing‑irregularity claims and the group Manos Limpias filed a Supreme Court complaint accusing Pedro Sánchez of false testimony after his Senate appearance.