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Spain's Attorney General Faces Final Arguments in Leak Trial at Supreme Court

The case hinges on circumstantial inferences from contested UCO reports rather than direct proof.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court is holding a sixth and final hearing for closing statements before taking the case under advisement after five prior sessions and 40 witnesses.
  • Álvaro García Ortiz again denied being the source of the email leak and said the Fiscalía's press note sought to correct misinformation once details were already in the public domain.
  • Journalists from EL PAÍS, La Sexta, Cadena SER and elDiario testified they had the email or its contents before the Attorney General, including one who had a physical copy days earlier.
  • UCO agents asserted García Ortiz played a preeminent role based on hierarchical control of the Fiscalía, a thesis the defense and state lawyers criticized as unsubstantiated deductions that ignored alternative sources.
  • The private accuser maintains a four-year prison request, while the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's Office ask for acquittal.