Overview
- Data-protection delegate Agustín Hidalgo told the court each prosecutor may erase device data when changing phones and said such deletion reduces security risks and did not constitute a breach.
- Journalist Miguel Ángel Campos testified that the attorney general was not his source and that he saw the defense email hours before García Ortiz accessed it, while José Manuel Romero said he never had the email and learned of the talks from other sources.
- Inspection chief María Antonia Sanz said no internal probe into the leak proceeded because the Madrid high court admitted a querella, which suspended her office’s competence.
- Investigating magistrate Ángel Hurtado’s attempts to retrieve erased messages via Google and WhatsApp failed, and the defense argues the deletions were routine and seeks to annul those recovery measures.
- The government reiterated it sees no proof against García Ortiz based on witness accounts, as separate audio recordings by Leire Díez surfaced in court filings and media reports describing her political role and plans to brief senior officials.