Overview
- The Supreme Court plans to close the revelation-of-secrets trial between Tuesday and Thursday after three public sessions produced no new incriminating proof beyond earlier indicia.
- Investigators from the Guardia Civil’s UCO say Álvaro García Ortiz erased WhatsApp messages twice on October 16, 2024, the day he was charged, while the defense argues routine security practices and presents a forensic analysis disputing what the deletions prove.
- Journalists including Cadena SER’s Miguel Ángel Campos and EL PAÍS reporters are testifying that they had the email or its details before the attorney general sought information on March 13, 2024.
- A disputed timeline pits the UCO’s chronology—email marked received by García Ortiz at 23:46 with SER’s web story at 23:51—against defense notes that SER referenced the contents on air at 23:25.
- The investigating judge treated deletions as non-cooperation, a stance questioned by a dissenting appellate magistrate, and no direct evidence identifying the leaker has emerged as observers flag risks for press-source relations.