Spanish PM’s wife to stand trial on corruption charges and banned from leaving country
A judge in Spain has ruled that the wife of socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez must stand trial on corruption charges and has banned her from leaving the country.
Begoña Gómez had previously been charged after a two-year investigation with embezzlement, influence peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds.
Gómez, 55, denies any wrongdoing in the case, which was triggered by a complaint from the group Manos Limpias (Clean Hands), a self-styled trade union with far-right links.
Sánchez had repeatedly dismissed the case against his wife as a baseless and politically motivated smear. The prime minister, an outspoken leftist leader in Europe, has accused his political and media opponents of pursuing his family and has also openly questioned the impartiality of some members of the judiciary.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/20/begona-gomez-pedro-sanchez-spanish-prime-minister-wife-corruption-trialOpen linkView original on mander.xyz
The circus continues 🤡.
This time, the judge Peinado (who has unsuccessfully tried for two years to send the Prime Minister's wife to prison), opened yet a new line of inquiry and said that she is at high risk for leaving the country, because "the status of Prime Minister is ephemeral and the police could help her escape".
Of course, the police has asked the judge to take that claim back, and even said they would sue for defamation if he doesn't.
At this point, one has to wonder how a judge can abuse his power like this for years, and no-one can do anything about it. Disgusting.
It is the far right strategy. Every time an accusation is made it is front page news everywhere, a few weeks later when nothing comes from it then it is not worth mention it so what people hears is only the accusations and not that they were false.