Overview
- The judgment confirms a two-year disqualification, a €7,200 fine, and €10,000 compensation to Alberto González Amador for revealing reserved data.
- The majority concludes the leak of a February 2, 2024 email originated in the Prosecutor General’s Office with García Ortiz’s knowledge and deems the press note an unjustified breach of confidentiality.
- Justices Susana Polo and Ana Ferrer dissent, arguing the case lacks proof beyond reasonable doubt and that informing the public to rebut a false charge promoted from a public power was lawful.
- Political responses split sharply: the PP celebrates a conviction it says ‘accredits’ a crime as Pedro Sánchez defends that García Ortiz ‘defended the truth,’ while progressive prosecutors call the reasoning ‘constitutionally lethal’ and urge reforms such as a real second instance and clearer confidentiality rules.
- Institutional steps follow as Teresa Peramato steps in as prosecutor general after her appointment was published, and separately a León court tries the 2024 assault on Bierzo leader Olegario Ramón with prosecutors seeking five years for the main accused.