Spanish PM’s Wife to Face Trial over Influence Peddling, Embezzlement Allegations
The university says its losses reached €113,509, and prosecutors are seeking prison terms for Gómez and former aide Cristina Álvarez.
- Investigating magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado ordered Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial before a jury on September 21 over influence-peddling and misuse of public funds. The case now moves to the Madrid Provincial Court.
- Allegations center on the Extraordinary Chair of Competitive Social Transformation at Complutense University, which Gómez directed starting in 2020. Investigators examined claims that software developed using university resources was transferred to her private company, Transforma TSC SL, in July 2023.
- The Complutense University seeks €113,509 in damages from both defendants, while private accusers including Vox seek 13 years in prison for Gómez and six for her co-defendant Cristina Álvarez. The public prosecutor maintains no crime occurred and requested the case be dropped.
- Spain's jury system mandates that nine citizens determine the verdict under professional judicial direction. Spanish science minister Diana Morant questioned whether any jury could remain impartial after two years of intense media coverage surrounding the Prime Minister's wife.
- The case moves to the Madrid Provincial Court, where under Spain's jury law it cannot be appealed. Socialist Workers Party organization secretary Rebeca Torré mocked the order as "the judge's final service to the nation before retirement.
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A Spanish judge has ordered the arraignment of Begona Gomez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to a jury trial. The charges against the First Lady of Spain are alleged influence peddling and embezzlement. Her advisor, Cristina Álvarez, is also being arraigned on charges of embezzlement. The decision marks the end of a judicial investigation that began almost two and a half years ago, following a complaint by Manu Libia. The case will…
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