Overview
- Judges impose two years’ disqualification from public office, a €7,200 fine and a €10,000 indemnity to Alberto González Amador.
- The majority holds that García Ortiz, or someone in his immediate circle with his knowledge, provided the February 2 defense email to Cadena SER and that the leak and the Fiscalía press note formed a single unit of action.
- The ruling records that García Ortiz deleted data from his phone and computers after the probe began and points to chronologically similar deletions by other officials, suggesting possible coordinated concealment.
- Two magistrates, Ana Ferrer and Susana Polo, dissent that the leak was unproven and argue the press note was a lawful response to a false allegation against the prosecution service.
- Political fallout intensifies as the PP hails the decision and labels him a “delinquent,” the Government urges prudence while Sánchez defends that he acted to uphold the truth, and successor Teresa Peramato is set to take office.