Spain Rocked as Judge Exposes PSOE-Linked Covert Network to Disrupt Corruption Investigations
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The order of Judge Pedraz points out to Leire Díez and other collaborators to form a plot to obstruct processes that affect the president and the party. Santos Cerdán was responsible for the financing and coordination. Moncloa and the PSOE attribute the facts to the then Secretary of Organization and disassociate themselves from the facts described by the magistrate.
Even on three different occasions and with different stakeholders, Pedraz points out how the plot took the direct thread between Ferraz's operations and the Palacio de la Moncloa as a fact.
The ruling by Judge Santiago Pedraz of the National Court leaves no room for doubt: the origin of the PSOE's dirty tricks scheme lies in the days Pedro Sánchez spent in La Moncloa following the indictment of his wife, Begoña Gómez, by Judge Peinado. Read more
Santiago Pedraz, the investigating judge of the National High Court, maintains that there are indications that payments were made from the PSOE or its surroundings to former socialist militant Leire Díez and others investigated by a plot dedicated to disrupting judicial proceedings after the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced that he would take a few days of reflection following the imputation of his wife, Begoña Gómez, of cou…
Spain rocked as judge exposes PSOE-linked covert network to disrupt corruption investigations
A judge at Spain’s National Court has linked members of the ruling Socialist party, the PSOE, to an alleged covert network that reportedly received more than €170,000 in payments in an attempt to undermine corruption investigations affecting the party and the political circle of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. According to reports citing a judicial order issued by Judge Santiago Pedraz… Source
This plan, as recorded in the magistrate's order, would have included "the offer to Civil Guard officials, investigated and prosecutors of remuneration or favours in exchange for information or acts contrary to the exercise of their duties"
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