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Spanish PM’s wife must stand trial on corruption charges, judge rules
NBC News • • world
Key Points:
- Begoña Gómez, wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, must stand trial on corruption charges and has been banned from leaving Spain by a judge, who also ordered her to surrender her passport and report to court twice a month.
- Gómez is accused of using her position as the prime minister’s wife to secure work contracts, allegations she denies; the case was initiated by far-right groups.
- The corruption probes, which also involve several close allies of Sánchez, are part of a broader political pressure campaign, although Sánchez himself has not been named in any investigations.
- Other prominent figures, including former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, are under investigation for alleged lobbying-related corruption, which they also deny.
