Overview

• Gómez’s lawyer filed a direct appeal asking the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid to annul Judge Juan Carlos Peinado’s move to process the malversación piece under the Tribunal del Jurado, arguing the order rests on generalities without concrete indicios.
• The defense says the prime minister’s spouse lacks a defined legal status, making it impossible to separate private from institutional activity, and maintains that any help from the Moncloa aide was occasional, sent from a personal email account, and without criminal relevance.
• A Guardia Civil UCO report cited in the case states the aide contacted roughly a dozen sponsors tied to a UCM chair co‑directed by Gómez, a finding leveraged by popular accusers to push for broader inquiries.
• Peinado is weighing whether to invite the Abogacía del Estado, on behalf of the Intervención General, to join as a civil claimant to seek potential restitution, as requested by accusers led by Hazte Oír.
• Pending decisions include extensive email production, a patrimonial probe of the aide, and a possible new witness summons for Pedro Sánchez, while the malversación piece currently lists Gómez, Cristina Álvarez, and Francisco Martín Aguirre as investigated.