Overview

• Félix Bolaños confirmed he filed two complaints against Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, alleging irregularities during his April testimony at Moncloa and in the judge’s exposición razonada to the Supreme Court.
• The CGPJ’s disciplinary promoter, Ricardo Conde, has opened diligencias informativas that remain under review with no decision yet on archiving the matter or opening a formal disciplinary case.
• Bolaños said he submitted the complaints discreetly and asserted that Peinado himself revealed the preliminary inquiry in a court order, while calling certain judicial actions “incomprehensible” and damaging to the justice system’s reputation.
• The Supreme Court previously rejected Peinado’s bid to investigate Bolaños, citing an absence of minimally founded indicia linking the minister to alleged offenses.
• Peinado continues the criminal case involving Begoña Gómez, having imputed alleged malversación and initiated steps that could culminate in a jury trial.