Spanish Attorney General Found Guilty of Leaking Confidential Information

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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A politically colored rushing trial is causing a stir. Until the end, clear evidence was missing against Álvaro García Ortiz, who is accused of violating judicial secrecy.

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The General Prosecutor of Spain was suspended for two years after he was found guilty of disclosure of confidential information in a tax case involving a businessman who is the partner of an important political...

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The leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has called for the resignation of the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, for the conviction of the state attorney general to two years of disqualification for revelation of secrets, and the early call for elections. In this sense, he has demanded Sánchez to ask "forgive" the Spaniards for "the black page written by Álvaro García Ortiz." "All this has a name: abuse of power and attac…

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The government “does not share” the conviction of the attorney general, but for the time being has decided to respond officially in a soft way, noting that it respects the ruling and that in the coming days it will appoint another general prosecutor to replace Álvaro García, whom this sentence obliges him to cease. Justice Minister Félix Bolaños has appeared without questions in La Moncloa with a very serious gesture to ask all citizens who, lik…

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The PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has ruled that the conviction of the state attorney general, Álvaro García Ortiz, by the Supreme Court demonstrates that the...