Mini-Judgment of Socrates Postponed because Defense Understands that Ex-Prime Minister Can Not Be Judged Twice by the Same Facts

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The former Prime Minister of Portugal, José Socrates, will appear as an accused before the Lisbon Central Criminal Court in the context of the case concerning three episodes of legalization of illegally obtained funds, and the 69-year-old politician, Carlos Santos Silva, who is considered by the Public Prosecutor ' s Office to be one of José Socrates ' s alleged perpetrators, will be brought before the court to refer to the EFE agency.…

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The trial resulting from Ivo Rosa's instructive decision was postponed after the defense José Socrates has filed two applications that may put the case at risk: the former Prime Minister cannot be tried twice by the same facts and there are facts related to the other trial of Operation Marquis

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Corruption crimes have been on trial since 2025. Socrates speaks of "state violence" and says that court "is preparing to start a new trial on facts that are already under discussion."

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It is the alleged use by the defendants, between 2011 and 2014, of bank accounts of a company controlled by the businessman Carlos Santos Silva, of this woman and the driver of José Socrates to enter the sphere of the former Prime Minister money with illicit origin.

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The decision was announced by the judge-president of the collective, Rúben Vieira, following two requests made on Friday by the defense of José Socrates.

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So that the court can decide on preliminary questions which may call into question the realization of the same