Overview
- The Supreme Court convicted García Ortiz under Penal Code article 417.1 for unlawful revelation of secrets, imposing two years’ disqualification, a €7,200 fine, and €10,000 in damages, with the reasoned judgment still pending notification.
- Deputy prosecutor Ángeles Sánchez Conde will assume duties on an interim basis, having acted as prosecutor in the case and argued for García Ortiz’s acquittal during trial.
- The Government has set in motion the selection of a successor, with reporting indicating a decision could come at Tuesday’s Council of Ministers meeting.
- García Ortiz maintains his innocence and has exhausted ordinary appeals; only exceptional avenues such as an incidente de nulidad or a Constitutional Court amparo remain.
- The case involves information linked to businessman Alberto González Amador, partner of Madrid regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to whom the court awarded €10,000 for moral damages.