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Madrid Judge Asks Judicial Council to Verify Navarro’s Immunity in Secrets Leak Probe

Judge Sexmero has given Navarro’s lawyers three days to appeal as the CGPJ determines if an ordinary court can investigate his alleged early disclosure of a high-profile verdict.

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El presidente de la Audiencia Nacional, José Ramón Navarro, en una foto de 2024
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Overview

  • On July 27, Judge Marcelino Sexmero formally requested that the Consejo General del Poder Judicial certify whether José Ramón Navarro is on active duty or on voluntary leave to establish the court’s jurisdiction.
  • The CGPJ’s decision will decide if the Juzgado de Instrucción nº4 can proceed or if the Supreme Court retains exclusive competence under judicial immunity rules.
  • Navarro entered voluntary leave on April 1 after 11 years as Audiencia Nacional president, a move that stripped him of aforamiento and opened him to investigation by an ordinary tribunal.
  • The complaint by Hazte Oír, filed July 4, alleges Navarro deliberately leaked reserved details of the Trapero absolution to Minister José Luis Ábalos and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in 2020.
  • Navarro’s defense has a three-day window to challenge the certification request before preliminary proceedings advance with potential evidence seizures and witness summonses.