Overview

• Peinado extends the jury-law track beyond the malversation piece to the main case, which lists influence peddling, corruption in the private sector, misappropriation and professional intrusion.
• He orders Begoña Gómez, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Barrabés and Moncloa aide Cristina Álvarez to appear on October 6 and specifies they must attend with their lawyers.
• The move follows receipt of an IGAE analysis sent via the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on possible irregularities in Red.es awards connected to Barrabés.
• Gómez’s defense has appealed the earlier decision to route the malversation piece to a jury, arguing a lack of indicia, the absence of a legal status for a prime minister’s spouse, and that the aide’s emails were personal favors from a private account.
• A popular prosecution has asked the judge to offer the State Attorney’s Office/Hacienda a role as civil claimant and to re-summon Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as a witness, requests the court is weighing.