Koldo García on 5 November 2026, Okdiario and its director Eduardo Inda to disclose in full the contract cited by the outlet. In an audio recording circulated from prison on 10 November 2026, the former adviser at José Luis Ábalos’s ministry calls for the “complete, integrated” document to be produced, including its annexes and clearly legible signatures. Only then, he says, will it be possible to establish whether he or someone authorised by him signed it. The recording was announced on the programme Mañaneros 360 ; elDiario.es reports on its contents.
The trigger is a stream of payments that became public in late October. According to consistent media reports, documents relating to a total of €242,000 came to light during the investigation, which the Okdiario publishing company Dos Mil Palabras S.L. is said to have transferred between late 2025 and early 2026. According to the invoices produced, the amounts went to people connected with García’s legal representation. RTVE and other media linked the documents to the investigation files of the Audiencia Nacional family.
The accounts of what the money was for are disputed. According to reports by elDiario.es and HuffPost España, García’s side describes the payments as funding for his defence. Okdiario counters that the transfers relate to a contractually agreed package of interviews, podcasts and a documentary series. The outlet points to an alleged contract, the full version of which García is now demanding.
García also reiterates his previously stated public claim that he was offered one million euros for making damaging statements about Pedro Sánchez’s government. This claim has not so far been established in court. Okdiario and Eduardo Inda rejected the allegation and refer to the purported media contract.
What is established is that the known invoices document payments, but do not by themselves establish their purpose, what was provided in return or the existence of a separate million-euro contract. Until a complete version of the contract with clearly identifiable signatories is published or a court clarifies the facts, the purpose and background of the €242,000 remain the subject of an investigation and public dispute.
The case raises questions about conflicts of interest between media companies and legal proceedings, as well as transparency in politically charged investigations. For García, who is at the heart of the public contracts affair, the credibility of his statements is at stake; for Okdiario, the plausibility of its business explanations.
Editor: Phillipe Schmidt-Araguin (Article created with AI assistance).