Overview

• Major outlets published court videos of sworn statements from Álvaro García Ortiz, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Alberto González Amador and senior prosecutors at the center of the probe.
• García Ortiz repeatedly denied leaking or ordering the leak and will face a Supreme Court trial from November 3 to 13 on an alleged revelation‑of‑secrets charge.
• Defense lawyer Carlos Neira testified that González Amador authorized seeking a plea requiring admission of two tax offenses, while González Amador said he never knew about the email.
• Ayuso’s chief of staff, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, acknowledged sending the email’s text to journalists and told the judge he invented that a proposed pact was withdrawn by “orders from above.”
• Madrid’s provincial chief prosecutor testified that 571 people could access the case file and around 60 saw the email before it reached the press, and prosecutor Julián Salto said he forwarded the correspondence under a “legitimate order.”