Overview
- The case centers on whether Álvaro García Ortiz unlawfully disclosed confidential defense communications about Alberto González Amador after media revealed a pact email and the Fiscalía issued a detailed press release.
- García Ortiz faces charges of revelation of secrets, infidelity in the custody of documents and prevarication, with potential prison terms and a €300,000 civil damages claim by González Amador.
- Witnesses include prosecutors Julián Salto, Pilar Rodríguez and Almudena Lastra; political aides Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Francesc Vallés; numerous journalists; UCO agents; and the querellant, with the accused scheduled to testify on the penultimate day.
- The tribunal includes magistrates who previously supported advancing the case, with a recorded dissent by Andrés Palomo and Susana Polo designated to draft the judgment.
- UCO agents cloned devices during October 2024 searches and press-cited reports say WhatsApp messages were deleted, while the government maintains its support for García Ortiz as some PSOE figures acknowledge political fallout.