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PSOE Figures Testify They Did Not Receive Ayuso Partner Email From Attorney General

Their accounts point to a journalist as the source, weakening efforts to link the leak to state institutions.

Overview

  • Juan Lobato and Pilar Sánchez Acera told Spain’s Supreme Court that the email text about Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner did not come from the Attorney General.
  • Sánchez Acera testified she forwarded Lobato a screenshot she says was sent by a journalist, which she cannot now identify because her previous phone was wiped after she left La Moncloa.
  • The court heard that accusations target Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz for the leak, yet the latest testimony did not support that allegation.
  • The private prosecution pressed a theory that the Prosecutor’s Office acted on instructions from La Moncloa, though the Appeals Chamber previously struck that claim from the case narrative.
  • Notarized WhatsApp records show Sánchez Acera forwarded the screenshot to Lobato on March 14, 2024, as media were already reporting the email’s contents.