Overview

• Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has summoned Gómez and her former Moncloa adviser, Cristina Álvarez, to respond to a malversación de caudales públicos allegation tied to the adviser's non‑institutional tasks.
• The new imputation, added on August 18, is the fifth alleged offence in the case, which also includes tráfico de influencias, corrupción en los negocios, apropiación indebida and intrusismo profesional.
• Peinado ordered a copy of all emails sent and received from Gómez’s official Moncloa account since July 11, 2018, to be examined by the Guardia Civil’s UCO.
• Gómez and Álvarez have appealed the malversación charges and the email seizure, arguing legal overreach and privacy concerns, while higher courts have both allowed deeper inquiry and curtailed specific measures in the probe.
• The Interior Ministry deployed additional anti‑disturbance police around the Madrid court as the high‑profile hearings proceed.