Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer
Former Vox deputy Macarena Olona announced her move to Bufete Choclán, a firm run by her cousin.
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What this story says
- Macarena Olona has announced she is joining the law firm Bufete Choclán.
- José Antonio Choclán, head of the firm, is a lawyer who represented Victor de Aldama.
- Olona stated she will work 'on both sides of the Atlantic' with 'the Law and Order'.
- Choclán's past clients include Cristiano Ronaldo and Julio Iglesias.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 6 of the 18 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
65/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
15/100
18 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 2 of the 12 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Macarena Olona, a state attorney, announced her move to Bufete Choclán, the law firm led by José Antonio Choclán. Choclán is a criminal lawyer who successfully defended businessman Victor de Aldama in the case involving former minister José Luis Ábalos and his aide Koldo García. Olona stated her intention to work 'on both sides of the Atlantic' with 'the Law and Order'.
Olona announced her new role via a post on the social media platform X. She described José Antonio Choclán, who is also her cousin, as a magistrate in excedencia and one of Spain's most prestigious lawyers. Olona expressed happiness about the new professional stage, calling it an immense opportunity to continue fighting with more strength and with the best possible mentor.
Disagreement on prison sentences
Reports differ on the prison sentences handed down to José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García. El Confidencial stated that Ábalos and García received prison sentences of 24 and 19.5 years respectively. However, other reports, including those from informacion.es, laprovincia.es, elcorreoweb.es, lacronicabadajoz.com, and elcorreogallego.es, mentioned that while Aldama was sentenced to four and a half years, he avoided incarceration, unlike Ábalos and García, who received 24 and 19.5 years respectively.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre-rated reports mention the specific prison sentences of 24 and 19.5 years for José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García, respectively, which were detailed in El Confidencial's full report. The right-rated reports also did not include these specific sentence lengths.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 1 Sept 2026, 12:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Centre
3 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports highlighted Macarena Olona's move to Bufete Choclán, the law firm of José Antonio Choclán. They noted Choclán's role as the lawyer for Victor de Aldama in the case that led to prison sentences for José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García. The centre-rated reports also mentioned Olona's statement about working 'on both sides of the Atlantic' and with 'the Law and Order'.
Right
7 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on Macarena Olona's departure from the State Attorney's Office and her subsequent signing with José Antonio Choclán's firm. They frequently mentioned Choclán as the lawyer for Victor de Aldama and also for Julio Iglesias. Several reports included Olona's quote about continuing to fight 'on both sides of the Atlantic' and being 'with the law and the order'.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer?
- Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 58% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 18. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 12 rated outlets on this story, 17% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 58% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer biased?
- Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer is one event reported by 18 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Macarena Olona joins law firm of Victor de Aldama's lawyer?
- 18 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is Macarena Olona's new professional role?
- Macarena Olona has announced her incorporation into Bufete Choclán, a law firm led by José Antonio Choclán. She stated she will be working on both sides of the Atlantic with 'the Law and Order'.
- Who is José Antonio Choclán?
- José Antonio Choclán is a magistrate in excedencia and a prominent criminal lawyer. He is known for representing clients such as Victor de Aldama, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Julio Iglesias.
- What is the connection between Olona and Choclán?
- Macarena Olona and José Antonio Choclán are cousins. Olona described Choclán as one of Spain's most prestigious lawyers and her new boss.
- What were the prison sentences in the Koldo case?
- According to El Confidencial, José Luis Ábalos received a 24-year prison sentence and Koldo García received a 19.5-year sentence. Victor de Aldama was sentenced to four and a half years but avoided incarceration.
Read it at the source
18 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2Centre
3- Former Deputy Macarena Olona Joins the Office of the... (opens europapress.es in a new tab)
europapress.es — is europapress.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens El Periódico in a new tab)
El Periódico — is El Periódico biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins Choclan's Office, Victor Aldama's Lawyer (opens El Confidencial in a new tab)
El Confidencial — is El Confidencial biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
7- Victor De Aldama Reports to Macarena Olona: Vox's Former Leader Joins His Lawyer's Office (opens ESdiario in a new tab)
- Former Andalusian Deputy Macarena Olona Joins the Office of the Lawyer of Aldama and Julio Iglesias (opens La Razón in a new tab)
- Macarena Olona File for Aldama's Law Firm (opens ABC in a new tab)
- Macarena Olona Signs for José Antonio Cloclan's Firm After Leaving the State Attorney's Office (opens Libertad Digital in a new tab)
Libertad Digital — is Libertad Digital biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona, Former Deputy of Vox, Joins the Office of the Lawyer of Aldama and Julio Iglesias (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
- Macarena Olona Signs for the Firm of José Antonio Choclan, Aldama's Lawyer: "From Today, He's My Boss" (opens Vozpópuli in a new tab)
- Macarena Olona Signs for the Firm of Choclan, Aldama's Lawyer, After Leaving the State Attorney's Office (opens OKDIARIO in a new tab)
Not rated
6- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens elcorreogallego.es in a new tab)
elcorreogallego.es — is elcorreogallego.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens lacronicabadajoz.com in a new tab)
lacronicabadajoz.com — is lacronicabadajoz.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens elcorreoweb.es in a new tab)
elcorreoweb.es — is elcorreoweb.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens laprovincia.es in a new tab)
laprovincia.es — is laprovincia.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Joins the Office of Her Cousin José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens informacion.es in a new tab)
informacion.es — is informacion.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Macarena Olona Signs for the Firm of José Antonio Choclan, Lawyer of Victor De Aldama (opens The Objective in a new tab)
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