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CGPJ Opens Preliminary Inquiries Into Judge Peinado Over Conduct and Case Management

The move follows the Supreme Court’s July 15 rejection of his attempt to have Minister Félix Bolaños investigated.

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Overview

  • Disciplinary promoter Ricardo Conde has initiated diligencias informativas after two complaints filed by Félix Bolaños on June 4 and July 29 over the judge’s April 16 questioning and a subsequent exposición razonada.
  • The April session at Moncloa was tense, and the Supreme Court later archived Peinado’s request to probe Bolaños for false testimony and malversation, citing a lack of indicia.
  • A separate set of diligencias informativas was opened on July 31 following PSOE deputy Guillermo Hita’s complaint alleging “dejación de deberes” for letting an instruction lapse in an EMT case that was then archived.
  • These diligencias are preliminary fact‑finding steps that may lead to a disciplinary expediente or be closed if no infraction is found, with any sanctioning process subject to a one‑year maximum duration.
  • Peinado continues the criminal case into Begoña Gómez, having in an August order imputed malversation and summoned her and her former Moncloa aide to testify in September.