Leire Díez Defends Himself in the Senate: “I Prefer to Be a Plumber Rather than a “Cloaquer”

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The PP senators are surprised. Leire Diez has come to the Senate this Monday ten minutes before the start of her appearance. Before, yes, she has granted an interview to the program of Ana Rosa de Telecinco. The former PSOE militant, known by the media as “the socialist plumber”, jumped from anonymity to public opinion last May for offering alleged deals in favor of the Administration to businessmen and lawyers in exchange for negative informati…

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The PSOE plumber claims to be a journalist and strongly denies having received instructions from Ferraz to deactivate a Civil Guard officer

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The former socialist activist claims that she has not spoken “not a word” with Pedro Sánchez and reiterates that her alleged maneuvers with businessmen accused of corruption have to do with an investigation work that will be reflected in “various books”

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The Leire Díez case continues to add chapters of political and judicial tension. The former socialist militant appeared on Monday in the Senate commission investigating the so-called Koldo case and strongly denied having had a “political, personal or informal collaboration” relationship with Santos Cerdán, former secretary of PSOE Organization, or with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. He also rejected any encounter with former min…

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He says he hasn't crossed "not a word" or had any "contact" with Sanchez, nor has he...

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The appearance of Leire Díez, nicknamed the PSOE plumber, before the Senate's Koldo case committee was, as expected, a veritable show of contradictions, grandiloquent phrases, and promises of revealing books that never arrive. The member of the Socialist sewers charged with bribery and influence peddling claimed to have "no connection" with Santos Cerdán, Pedro Sánchez, or the entourage of José Luis Ábalos, despite her name appearing in several …