Overview
- Deputy prosecutor María Ángeles Sánchez Conde filed an incidente de nulidad asking the Supreme Court to annul the ruling against former attorney general Álvaro García Ortiz.
- The filing alleges violations of presumption of innocence and defense rights, saying the judgment ignored journalists’ testimony that they possessed the 2 February 2024 email before García Ortiz received it.
- The brief argues the court improperly expanded the case to treat the 14 March press release as a punishable act, breaching the accusatory principle and the legality of criminal law.
- The prosecution maintains the press note relayed information already public, and it asks the court to strike the €10,000 damages to Alberto González Amador and the award of private accuser costs.
- The conviction, issued on 20 November by a 5–2 majority for revelation of secrets, imposed two years’ disqualification and a €7,200 fine, and it now faces a formal challenge that precedes a potential constitutional appeal.