Overview
- Judge Juan Carlos Peinado is taking testimony today from Presidency secretary general Judit González as an investigada and has ordered delivery of all emails and supports exchanged with adviser Cristina Álvarez.
- The judge is assessing whether Álvarez, hired with public funds, carried out tasks of a private nature for Begoña Gómez, a line that sustains a suspected malversación offense.
- The Audiencia Nacional now leads the piece on alleged PSOE cash payments and has incorporated the Madrid court’s dossier into the separate investigation into the party’s use of cash.
- The Guardia Civil’s UCO has executed court-ordered searches at Acciona’s offices in Madrid and Bilbao and at four other firms as part of the broader contracts and payments probe.
- The Supreme Court has García Ortiz’s alleged secrets-leak case visto para sentencia after UCO testimony and defense challenges, while a Madrid court will hear Leire Díez on Monday over an alleged influence and information-gathering scheme targeting UCO and Anticorrupción.