PSOE announced four lawsuits against Aldama, none ever filed
Spain's PSOE announced four lawsuits against Victor de Aldama over 18 months, yet none appears to have been filed. The contrast with the evidence that does reach the courts reopens the case.
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Four lawsuits announced against Aldama that were never actually filed
Spain's PSOE has announced four lawsuits against the middleman Victor de Aldama in 18 months. None appears to have been filed. The party maintains it has repeatedly pursued legal action since 2024, but the paperwork is nowhere in the registry. The drawn-out sequence paints an uncomfortable pattern: plenty of announcements, very little stamped paper. Meanwhile, the businessman has been actively playing his cards in the courts.
Four announcements, not a single lawsuit filed
Every promise of legal action got its own headline. The oldest dates back to 2024 and, according to published reports, was repeated without the lawsuit ever reaching the courts. The detail is not trivial: an announced but unfiled lawsuit protects no one and triggers no investigation. In practice, it is a gesture for the gallery. The official narrative rests on repetition, not on the document.
What Aldama does hand over to the courts
The contrast comes from the other side. The businessman has given Judge Ismael Moreno an envelope bearing the letterhead of the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA which, according to his account, was delivered to him by Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez. He is also said to have provided the Supreme Court with a recording in which Koldo and Abalos allegedly agree on a five-million-euro commission for the sale of SEPI's headquarters. And the Office of the Spanish Prime Minister reportedly made as many as 15 calls to Aldama's spokesman to stop him from spilling everything, always according to the versions circulated.
The counterargument: nothing proven
Within the case, the opposing view carries weight: that Aldama has not produced a document directly corroborating what he claims, and that his media volume does not equal evidentiary volume. One camp holds that the middleman lives off crowing on talk shows; the other replies that part of the material is already in judicial hands. Both things can be true at once. What does not change is that the four lawsuits remain unsigned.
With that scoreline, the underlying doubt remains open: will the paperwork ever reach the court, or was the announcement itself the message?
Spain's PSOE has announced four lawsuits against the middleman Victor de Aldama in 18 months. None appears to have been filed. The party maintains it has repeatedly pursued legal action since 2024, but the paperwork is nowhere in the registry. The drawn-out sequence paints an uncomfortable pattern: plenty of announcements, very little stamped paper. Meanwhile, the businessman has been actively playing his cards in the courts.
Four announcements, not a single lawsuit filed
Every promise of legal action got its own headline. The oldest dates back to 2024 and, according to published reports, was repeated without the lawsuit ever reaching the courts. The detail is not trivial: an announced but unfiled lawsuit protects no one and triggers no investigation. In practice, it is a gesture for the gallery. The official narrative rests on repetition, not on the document.
What Aldama does hand over to the courts
The contrast comes from the other side. The businessman has given Judge Ismael Moreno an envelope bearing the letterhead of the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA which, according to his account, was delivered to him by Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez. He is also said to have provided the Supreme Court with a recording in which Koldo and Abalos allegedly agree on a five-million-euro commission for the sale of SEPI's headquarters. And the Office of the Spanish Prime Minister reportedly made as many as 15 calls to Aldama's spokesman to stop him from spilling everything, always according to the versions circulated.
The counterargument: nothing proven
Within the case, the opposing view carries weight: that Aldama has not produced a document directly corroborating what he claims, and that his media volume does not equal evidentiary volume. One camp holds that the middleman lives off crowing on talk shows; the other replies that part of the material is already in judicial hands. Both things can be true at once. What does not change is that the four lawsuits remain unsigned.
With that scoreline, the underlying doubt remains open: will the paperwork ever reach the court, or was the announcement itself the message?
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