Overview

• Judge Juan Carlos Peinado extended the jury procedure to the principal case against Begoña Gómez, going beyond an earlier move limited to alleged embezzlement.
• He wrote that Gómez’s marital relationship with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is “fundamental” to assessing alleged influence peddling, which he says anchors the rest of the investigated offenses.
• The principal dossier lists alleged influence peddling, private-sector corruption, misappropriation, and unauthorized practice under the relevant Penal Code articles.
• The order also brings entrepreneur Juan Carlos Barrabés and Moncloa aide Cristina Álvarez into the same jury-bound piece, citing Red.es awards linked to support letters Gómez signed from her UCM chair.
• Peinado cites a Supreme Court decision authored by Manuel Marchena to argue the offenses are legally connected and should be tried together rather than split into separate pieces.