A judge in Spain has ordered the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption. Begoña Gómez has been accused of using her position to influence government contracts given to a group of technology companies. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Corruption Allegations
Gómez is also accused 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. The judge has ordered her to surrender her passport and appear before a court every two weeks.
The decision has sparked a heated political confrontation, with calls from the opposition for Sánchez’s Socialist government to resign. The government has criticized the decision as politically motivated, while the Socialist Party has called it an ‘absolute scandal for democracy’.
The case against Gómez is part of a larger investigation into corruption in the Spanish government. The opposition has accused Sánchez’s government of being corrupt and has called for his resignation.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
