Overview
- - The seven-judge panel declared the trial concluded and under deliberation on November 13 after hearing 40 witnesses.
- - UCO officers testified that the Prosecutor General’s Office held control over the information flow, attributing direction and urgency of the press note to Álvaro García Ortiz.
- - Communications chief Mar Hedo said paragraphs about the emails were dictated by García Ortiz, and acknowledged the note appeared in El País hours before its official distribution.
- - Alberto González Amador described severe personal and reputational harm, while the Madrid Bar’s dean condemned the breach of confidentiality essential to plea negotiations.
- - The defense seeks to nullify device searches as disproportionate, argues journalists had the key email earlier, and contests criminality under Article 417.2 as accusations request short prison terms.