Overview

• The investigating judge transformed a malversación sub‑case into proceedings for a Tribunal del Jurado over alleged misuse of public funds linked to a Moncloa‑hired aide performing tasks tied to Gómez’s university chair.
• Begoña Gómez, her former Moncloa aide Cristina Álvarez, and Madrid’s government delegate Francisco Martín Aguirre are cited to appear on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 18:00 in Madrid.
• The order highlights emails recently provided by a UCM vice‑rector, communications related to the UCM chair’s sponsors, and the refusal by Gómez and Álvarez to answer most questions at their Sept. 10 appearances.
• Peinado frames the shift as a procedural step under the jury law and notes the case’s “progressive crystallization,” with parties allowed to present allegations at the hearing before he decides next moves.
• In a separate development, the Audiencia de Badajoz cleared oral proceedings for David Sánchez and Miguel Ángel Gallardo, while PSOE sources say the party will apply its ‘antilawfare’ clause to keep Gallardo in his posts pending a final judgment.