Spanish businessman Víctor de Aldama testified in court on Wednesday in a corruption trial that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez heads a criminal organization and was aware of the illegal financing of his party. Aldama claims that if there is a hierarchy within the criminal group, Sánchez holds "first place on the ladder." He also allegedly transported cash bribes reaching up to 250 thousand euros to the Ministry of Transport, and claims that former minister José Luis Ábalos and his advisor Koldo García recruited him specifically for the purpose of collecting cash money from construction companies. El Mundo ↗ Die Zeit ↗
Aldama further states that ministers took Koldo's phone because "he was the president's man." He also reveals that Koldo García boasted that "the president owes him a lot and knows why." According to him, he was photographed with Sánchez at a PSOE event at the La Latina theater in Madrid, which García allegedly persuaded him to attend. El Mundo ↗ El Pais ↗
The PSOE sharply rejected Aldama's claims, calling them "without evidence" and "lie after lie." The Socialists announced they will again seek protection from the Supreme Court and will not tolerate "unpunished defamation campaigns." At the same time, Sánchez is attempting to repair relations with coalition partner PNV, with whom tensions arose over an offensive tweet created using artificial intelligence. Der Standard ↗ El Pais ↗
Businessman Aldama accuses Sánchez of leading a criminal group and illegally financing the PSOE
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Zeuge erhebt schwere Korruptionsvorwürfe gegen Spaniens Sánchez
Der Standard
| 21:19 29.04.
Aldama afirma que se hizo la foto con Sánchez porque era "una oportunidad" y revela que Koldo presumía: "El presidente me debe mucho y él sabe por qué"
El Mundo
| 11:45 29.04.
Spaniens Regierungschef: Zeuge wirft Pedro Sánchez illegale Parteienfinanzierung vor
Die Zeit
| 00:57 30.04.
Aldama carga sin pruebas contra Sánchez: “Si hay una jerarquía, está en el escalafón uno”
El Pais
| 20:30 29.04.
El PSOE acusa a Aldama de "señalar sin pruebas" por situar a Sánchez como "el 1 de la organización criminal": "Mentira tras mentira"
El Mundo
| 13:46 29.04.
Sánchez evita pedir disculpas por el tuit contra Aitor Esteban y la portavoz del PNV le replica: "Usted sabrá si quiere compañía o no"
El Mundo
| 10:01 29.04.
Primer juicio contra Ábalos, Koldo y Aldama por la trama de las mascarillas, en directo | El empresario Aldama abre este miércoles las declaraciones del juicio a Ábalos
El Pais
| 09:50 29.04.
"Los ministros le cogían el teléfono a Koldo porque era un hombre del presidente": Aldama dispara una y otra vez contra Sánchez
El Mundo
| 22:58 29.04.
Ľudovci v Španielsku sa na regionálnej úrovni opäť spojili s krajnou pravicou
svet.sme.sk
| 22:21 29.04.
Ľudovci sa v Španielsku opäť spojili s krajnou pravicou
teraz.sk
| 18:24 29.04.
Begoña Gómez denunciará a Vito Quiles por una agresión en una cafetería
El Pais
| 15:18 29.04.
Aldama detalla que el PSOE se financió ilegalmente y que Sánchez lo sabía: Ábalos y Koldo lo ficharon para recaudar "dinero en efectivo" de las constructoras
El Mundo
| 12:28 29.04.
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