Overview
- Deputy prosecutor María Ángeles Sánchez Conde filed an incidente de nulidad asking the Supreme Court to annul the conviction of former Fiscal General Álvaro García Ortiz.
- The filing argues the judgment violated the presumption of innocence by ignoring testimony from journalists who said they had the February 2 email before García Ortiz, citing reporters Miguel Ángel Campos, José Precedo and Alfonso Pérez Medina.
- Prosecutors note La Sexta reported details of the email earlier that night than Cadena SER, asserting the court overlooked timing and documentation that pointed away from a leak by García Ortiz.
- The motion accuses the court of unlawfully expanding the charged conduct by treating the drafting and publication of a press note as criminal despite the Admission Chamber having deemed it apparently non‑criminal because the information was already public.
- The November ruling imposed two years of inhabilitación, a €7,200 fine and €10,000 to Alberto González Amador, and the nullity motion is the required step before a potential amparo appeal to the Constitutional Court, with the Supreme Court’s response pending.