Overview

• The panel consists of Manuel Marchena, Antonio del Moral, Juan Ramón Berdugo, Carmen Lamela, Ana Ferrer, Andrés Martínez Arrieta and Susana Polo, with a conservative majority and Polo as rapporteur under internal rules.
• The prosecution examines whether Álvaro García Ortiz unlawfully disclosed an email from Alberto González Amador’s lawyer that acknowledged two tax offenses.
• The investigating judge situates the key episode on March 13, 2024, alleging a copy of the email was sent from the Prosecutor’s Office to Pilar Sánchez Acera for use in the Madrid Assembly.
• Evidence cited includes UCO communications records, deleted chats and emails attributed to García Ortiz, and WhatsApp exchanges provided by Juan Lobato, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and journalists.
• Accusations propose adding prevarication and breach of document custody, potentially lifting penalties to six years in prison and 12 years of disqualification in an unprecedented Supreme Court trial for a sitting attorney general.