Overview
- Newly released hearing videos show Judge Leopoldo Puente pressing why cash was favored over transfers and criticizing weak verification of expense claims.
- The Supreme Court sent the cash-payment dossier to the National Court, which is probing whether expense liquidations were used to launder funds.
- Former PSOE manager Mariano Moreno denied irregularities, described a €1,000 cash limit, and said 500-euro notes were never requested for the party cash box.
- A Guardia Civil UCO report pointed to possible large cash movements and coded references such as “folios,” “lechugas,” and “chistorras.”
- Businesswoman Carmen Pano reaffirmed two deliveries totaling €90,000 to the Ferraz headquarters in October 2020, without specifying the end recipient.