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.