Overview

• Judge Juan Carlos Peinado issued a six-page order converting the malversation strand of the case into proceedings for a popular jury under Spain’s Jury Law.
• He summoned Begoña Gómez, her assistant Cristina Álvarez, and Madrid’s government delegate Francisco Martín Aguirre to appear on Saturday at 18:00 in Madrid to formalize the accusations.
• The ruling cites emails provided by former UCM vicerrector Juan Carlos Doadrio as indicia supporting the step, while the Government and defenses argue the case lacks sufficient basis.
• The investigative phase is not closed, the conversion can be challenged before Peinado or appealed to the Madrid Provincial Court, and new inquiries may still be ordered.
• A separate Supreme Court decision by Judge Leopoldo Puente to split the Ábalos/Koldo probe advances its most developed parts toward earlier trials, tightening the timeline on multiple sensitive cases.