Overview
- Spain’s Supreme Court is holding an unprecedented criminal trial of Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz over the leak of confidential data tied to Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner.
- A judge’s order in the case cited indications that maneuvers for the leak followed guidance from the prime minister’s office, a claim not pursued as a separate charge.
- Witnesses including Juan Lobato, Pilar Sánchez Acera, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Francesc Vallès testified, highlighting a contested chain of custody for the document.
- ABC reports an email from the defense of Alberto González Amador left the prosecutor’s office and reached La Moncloa, while Sánchez Acera told the court she got the file from a media source and later deleted the phone that held it.
- The Partido Popular keeps asserting there was an operation from Moncloa against Ayuso, a UCO report has placed Minister Ángel Víctor Torres under scrutiny in the ‘Koldo’ procurement probe, and coverage has been partly overshadowed by Valencia leader Carlos Mazón’s resignation.