The former chief of staff of Rubiales denounces that he paid orgies with money from the Federation

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Juan Rubiales

, uncle and former chief of staff of the president of the

(

), has denounced

the payment of private parties with federal money to the Anti-

According to the voluntary statement he made on May 30 before the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, to which EL MUNDO has had access, Luis Rubiales held "a party in a private chalet in

at the beginning of 2020 ", a town located in the province of

.

According to his testimony, that appointment had as its official purpose "a few days of work, but it was not such."

In the words of Juan Rubiales before the Public Ministry, the rental of that house was "

, paying the expenses with company cards of the RFEF itself".

To this party, Juan Rubiales continued, " a

was invited by the former soccer player and friend of President

."

Likewise, Juan Rubiales, who was recently fired from his position in the federal entity, reported that on August 18, 2020, his nephew told him that he had to "find a formula to get money to his father."

He explained to the Prosecutor's Office that he replied that he would help him "out of his pocket."

"However," he added that his nephew snapped at him that "it's not about this but that we

."

According to the witness, he flatly rejected the proposal "and that's when" his nephew "tells him to get out of there that he doesn't want to see him again."

Another of the episodes that he described in his appearance in Anticorruption dates back to 2019. In August of that year, Juan Rubiales said, his nephew decided "to go against

, president of the

(

), for which he did not He hesitates to

to follow up and find out who he meets, who he talks to, who supports him...".

"The payment for these surveillance services was carried out through a company owned by the lawyer

," he added, "which is the one that pays the company that performs the surveillance."

These services, he specified, were later charged to the

.

"Make Life Easy for the President"

The deponent reported that "he has been a journalist for almost his entire life" and "in the last 25 years on Antena 3 Television in the area of ​​political information."

Chief of Staff

, a position he held "from June 2018 to August 2020, when he was dismissed."

He pointed out that "he had previously been the campaign manager to access the AFEF Presidency of

in 2010, who later separated professionally and that it was in 2017 when he called him to lead the campaign for the RFEF presidency ".

"In short," he continued in his appearance in Anticorruption, his task was to "make life easy for the president, which meant organizing and coordinating trips, agenda, institutional relations and organization of the board of directors, assembly, etc."

The Public Ministry is currently investigating the alleged irregularities during the mandate of Luis Rubiales at the head of the RFEF after revealing

internal documentation of the institution that accredited, among other issues, the payment of millionaire commissions to the FC Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué for the organization of the

in

or the recording of conversations with senior officials of the Government of Pedro Sánchez.

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