Overview
- In Spain’s Supreme Court, multiple reporters testified they learned of or saw the lawyer’s email about Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner hours before fiscal general Álvaro García Ortiz received it at 21:59 on March 13, undercutting the alleged leak timeline.
- Cadena SER’s Miguel Ángel Campos told the court his source was not García Ortiz and said he viewed the email that afternoon and published its key line at 23:25 after finally obtaining permission, while maintaining source confidentiality.
- El País journalists corroborated prior knowledge through newsroom messages certified by a notary, as government spokespeople publicly backed García Ortiz’s innocence and prosecutors’ groups and opposition criticized the executive for commenting during the trial.
- The court is set to hear UCO agents on the deletion of García Ortiz’s device histories, a central plank of the accusations, with proceedings expected to wrap up this week.
- Separately in Argentina, the Federal Chamber of Cassation (Sala III) removed the Financial Intelligence Unit as plaintiff in a money‑laundering case tied to the cuadernos scandal under Decree 274/2025, a ruling that applies to that file and not to the main cuadernos oral trial now underway.