{"id":2454,"date":"2026-06-21T04:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:36:41","slug":"spanish-judge-orders-prime-ministers-wife-to-face-corruption-trial-and-surrender-her-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2454","title":{"rendered":"Spanish judge orders prime minister\u2019s wife to face corruption trial and surrender her passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>BARCELONA, Spain \u2014 A judge on Saturday ordered the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez to face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption, and to surrender her passport.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2452\">Iran is trying to turn America against Israel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigative judge Juan Carlos Peinado issued the ruling, arguing that Bego\u00f1a G\u00f3mez represented a flight risk. In addition to surrendering her passport, she must also appear before a court every two weeks. A trial date hasn\u2019t been set.<\/p>\n<p>The decision touched off a heated political confrontation, with calls from the opposition for Sanchez\u2019s Socialist government to resign.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f3mez is accused of using her position to influence government contracts given to a group of technology companies. The judge also accused her of the misuse of public funds in the hiring of a consultant, and the inappropriate use of software while she was a professor at a public university.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f3mez has denied any wrongdoing. S\u00e1nchez has called the case against her part of a smear campaign by conservative political opponents to topple his left-wing government, which has been in power since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Peinado said that a businessman who allegedly benefited from the government contracts and the consultant that worked for G\u00f3mez will also stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez, a critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing legal trouble on multiple fronts before a general election due by next year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a former Socialist prime minister, Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero, appeared before a different judge in connection with his alleged role in a government airline bailout and to explain the discovery of high-end jewelry during a police raid on his office. He denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2450\">European Parliament passes sweeping deportation overhaul as lawmakers chant \u2018send them back\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Government officials sharply criticized Saturday\u2019s decision as politically motivated, while the Socialist Party called it \u201can absolute scandal for democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBego\u00f1a G\u00f3mez is innocent,\u201d the party said. \u201cFor two years now, she has been the target of a political and judicial witch hunt. Today\u2019s development is just the latest escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Spain\u2019s conservative opposition went on the attack, urging the government to call an early election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLawmakers and the architects of our constitution could never have imagined that the threats to our democracy could originate from the Spanish government itself,\u201d said Miguel Tellado, secretary-general of the main opposition People\u2019s Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we see how the government attacks judges, prosecutors and the media while attempting to silence opposition parties,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is unthinkable in any modern democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-year investigation into G\u00f3mez was launched following accusations by the pressure group Manos Limpias, or Clean Hands, which has pursued multiple legal cases, many linked to conservative causes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2448\">Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge on Saturday ordered the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption, and to surrender her passport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62],"tags":[1612,1613,1611,1038],"class_list":["post-2454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-begona-gomez","tag-juan-carlos-peinado","tag-pedro-sanchez","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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