US EditionSpain's PM Pedro Sánchez halts public duties as wife faces inquiry
- Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will suspend public duties to consider his leadership status after a court opens an investigation into his wife.
- A Spanish court is investigating whether PM Sanchez's wife, Begona Gomez, engaged in influence peddling and corruption in business dealings, as alleged by Manos Limpias.
- PM Sanchez stated that his wife will cooperate with the judiciary amid the investigation into her actions.
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The Spanish government's president, Pedro Sánchez, announced on Wednesday that he would step down from public office until next week to reflect on his continuity in front of the executive, after a court launched an investigation into alleged corporate corruption related to the private business of his wife, Begoña Gómez.The news came amid a parliamentary session that Sánchez attended, where he expressed his confidence in the country's judicial sy…
Less than a day after a preliminary inquiry into his wife prompted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to announce that he was considering his resignation, prosecutors have asked for the file to be classified, Reuters writes.
His wife is accused of corruption and he was therefore harassed. Therefore, Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez had thought about his resignation. Now the prosecution has requested that the investigation be stopped.[more]
Spain faces what could turn into a serious political crisis. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez threatens to resign after his wife is investigated for corruption. 'This is an operation to harass me and force me to give up on politics', he writes in a letter.
Spain prosecutor requests dismissal of corruption case against PM Sanchez's wife
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's prosecuting authority said on Thursday it had requested the dismissal of a corruption case against Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife that prompted him to announce he is considering resigning. Read full story
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