Overview

• The Guardia Civil’s UCO reviewed 121 emails from Begoña Gómez’s Moncloa assistant and reported intermediation with 11 companies and routine handling of matters tied to Gómez’s university chair, incorporating 39 messages into its analysis.
• State oversight reports from the Intervención General, Hacienda and the UCO cite more than a dozen procurement irregularities in awards to a company led by Juan Carlos Barrabés, flagging skewed scoring, exceptions for recommendations, lack of a required equality plan and deleted document metadata.
• Forensic reviewers noted missing signatures and erased metadata in contracting files but said they could not demonstrate that document content was altered.
• The government downplayed the emails as logistical help sent from a personal Gmail account and asserted that the assistant fulfilled assigned duties, with spokesperson Pilar Alegría urging “maximum calm.”
• A popular prosecution submitted 21 episodes alleging systematic use of public resources for private activities and estimated the patrimonial harm at about €320,834, as Judge Juan Carlos Peinado treated the emails as founded indicia and advanced the malversation piece toward a jury process.