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Spain’s Attorney General Brings In Former State Legal Chief for Defense Before Supreme Court Trial

The State Legal Service approved adding Consuelo Castro to strengthen Álvaro García Ortiz’s legal team ahead of next month’s proceedings.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court’s criminal chamber has set the oral trial for November 3–13 on a charge of revelation of secrets.
  • Prosecutors allege Álvaro García Ortiz leaked the confidential content of an email from Alberto González Amador to a media outlet.
  • The case centers on an email in which González Amador, partner of Madrid’s regional leader, sought a deal with the prosecutor in a tax case.
  • Consuelo Castro joins the existing State attorney on the case, José Ignacio (Iñaki) Ocio, in a move decided by the Abogacía General del Estado.
  • García Ortiz faces a potential sentence of up to six years, and Castro is known for reclassifying the procés charges to sedition and for prior work with him on the Prestige case in Galicia.