Koldo Garcia has decided not to testify before the judge after spending his first night in prison
The former ministerial adviser tells the magistrate that he has no information to answer. Judge Leopoldo Puente calls to testify on the latest report by the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) on contracts for the purchase of masks and antigen tests or PCR tests.
Koldo Garciainvoked his right not to testify beforethe judge of the National High Court Ismael Moreno on Friday, the day after he was placed in provisional detention without bail in connection with the Koldo case being investigated in the Supreme Court.
The former adviser to former Minister José Luis Ábalos, also imprisoned, arrived at 08:45 in the cells of the National High Court, where he was taken by the Civil Guard from Soto del Real prison after spending his first night there.
Legal sources have indicated to the agencies that the former Ministry adviser has told the magistrate that he has no information to respond to. Judge Leopoldo Puente has called to testify on the occasion of the latest report by the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) on contracts for the purchase of masks and antigen tests or PCR tests.
Koldo Garcia's lawyer has said that the former adviser will speak once he is given a copy of his phones and the devices that were confiscated from him, which are still in the hands of Central Examining Court No. 2, and has also declared that Garcia is "calm . "
Before Judge Leopoldo Puente decided to send his former adviser and former minister to prison today, yesterday he sent them to prison in view of the "extreme" risk of escape.
The judge wanted to ask Koldo Garcia about the latest report by the Civil Guard, according to which the clerk Victor de Aldama, who had the function of "liaison" of corruption in this plot, had his adviser on salary, and for 10,000 euros a month he supported him in various administrations, including the Canary Islands, as confirmed yesterday to the investigating judge by Aldama himself, all under investigation.
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