Spanish Court Drops Expired Charge Against Pedro Sanchez’s Brother as Influence-Peddling Trial Continues
The judge kept the influence-peddling trial alive as prosecutors pursue abuse-of-office and other charges against David Sanchez and 10 co-defendants.
- On Monday, a Madrid court dismissed one charge against David Sanchez, brother of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, ruling the statute of limitations had expired for an alleged 2017 illegal appointment.
- David Sanchez, a composer trained in Toulouse, Tokyo and Madrid, faced accusations of benefiting from a tailor-made music conservatory coordinator role in Badajoz that prosecutors claim was created in 2016.
- He and 10 other defendants went on trial Thursday on charges including alleged abuse of office and influence peddling, with Sanchez remaining in the Badajoz post until early 2025.
- This case adds to growing corruption-related proceedings involving figures in Prime Minister Sanchez's political orbit, increasing pressure on his minority coalition government.
- Last month, a court placed former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero under investigation for influence peddling, while Begona Gomez and ex-transport minister Jose Luis Abalos face separate corruption cases.
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The heat has given a respite to the pacans this morning with a drop in temperature, at the same time that the Audiencia de Badajoz has given air to David Sánchez by quashing on prescription a minor crime of which he is accused. The court has decided at first hour the previous issues presented by the defenses last week and has agreed to consider as prescribed a part of the prevarication for which the brother of the president of the government was…
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Spanish court drops expired charge against Pedro Sanchez’s brother as influence-peddling trial continues
MADRID, June 1 — A Spanish court today dropped one of the charges against the brother of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in an influence-peddling trial, ruling the alleged offense had expired under the statute of limitations.David Sanchez, a composer and orchestra conductor who trained and worked in Toulouse, Tokyo and Madrid, is accused of benefiting from the creation of a tailor-made position as coordinator of music conservatories in the southwes…
The court that judges the hiring of the brother of the president of the Spanish government Pedro Sánchez in the Diputación de Badajoz in 2017 has considered the crime of acceptance of the illegal appointment of David Sánchez of which he was accused, a presumed crime for which he will not be finally tried. “We declare extinguished by prescription the criminal responsibility for the crime of acceptance of the illegal appointment in the subjective …
The former socialist president of the Council Miguel Ángel Gallardo will also not be tried for plugging in a friend of David Sanchez.
The Provincial High Court of Badajoz has declared the statute of limitations for one of the three crimes for which David Sánchez, brother of the president of the government, was charged, so that he will only be tried for fraud and trafficking in influence. Among the facts that were part of the trial was also an alleged offence of acceptance of an illegal appointment that, according to the president of the court, has been prescribed and remains o…
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