Lee was part of the legislators who rushed to the National Assembly on the night of the Martial Declaration of Yoon on December 3 to ensure that Parliament voted in military order.
Last year, Lee survived a knife attack in the southern city of Busan while visiting the site of a new airport offered and speaking with journalists and supporters.
Lee, who became the party leader in 2022 and resigned earlier this month to come to the presidency, is not unrelated to the controversy.
Earlier this year, a court of appeal returned its guilt verdict rape the electoral law Earlier, although the Supreme Court deliberated on the case for a final decision.
He also faces several trials on questions ranging from corruption at costs mainly linked to a real estate development scandal of US $ 1 billion.
Before becoming the leader of the Democratic Party, Lee was also mayor of Seongnam and governor of the province of Gyeonggi, the most populous in the country.