The judge Juan Carlos Peinado has communicated its decision to open an oral trial to the wife of the President of the Government, Begoña Gómezin addition to withdrawing his passport, prohibiting him from leaving the country and forcing him to appear in court twice a month. A measure that has never occurred in the recent history of Spain and that marks a new point in the investigation.
The magistrate made this decision in an order released this Saturday, after the preliminary hearing held last Monday in which popular accusationsled by the ultra-Catholic association Hazte Oír, They requested precautionary measures due to risk of flight. In fact, it was not the first time that these precautionary measures were requested, it was already attempted in November 2024, but at that time the judge himself considered that it was “unnecessary” and “disproportionate” as the investigation was in an “initial phase.”
A trial that Peinado has opened against Gómez for the crimes of influence peddling, corruption in business in the private sector between individuals, misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds. Some crimes for which he has accused his advisor in the same way Cristina Alvarez for the same crimes. In addition, it also sends the businessman to trial Juan Carlos Barrabes for the crimes of influence peddling and corruption in business in the private sector between individuals.
All product of an instruction that handles two main theses. The first is that Sánchez’s wife supposedly took advantage of her relationship with the President of the Government to launch her professional career and the second is that she relied on her advisor to help her in jobs that had nothing to do with public service. A corruption plot that, in the judge’s own words, had not been seen since “the reign of Fernando VII.”
Moncloa denounces “persecution and obsession” of Judge Peinado
Sources in Moncloa consulted by EFE have assured that Judge Peinado’s instruction lacks any legal meaning and only addresses political reasons.
