Begoña Gómez
Spanish Prime Minister's wife (born 1975)
Photo: Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 7
Spanish prosecutors request full acquittal for Begoña Gómez ahead of jury trial
Madrid prosecutors have asked the provincial court to acquit Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez and her adviser Cristina Álvarez of embezzlement and influence peddling.
- Oct 5
Pedro Sánchez calls Spanish snap election for 29 November following housing defeat
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called early parliamentary elections for 29 November 2026 after opposition parties blocked government housing decrees in parliament.
- Sep 25
Félix Bolaños appeals to CGPJ over withheld file on Judge Juan Carlos Peinado
Spanish Justice Minister Félix Bolaños filed an administrative appeal against the General Council of the Judiciary after being denied the complete file on his complaints against Judge Juan Carlos Peinado.
- Sep 25
Pedro Sánchez faces questions on corruption during Harvard lecture on artificial intelligence
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed students at Harvard University on the risks of tech oligarchs, but the session shifted to questions about domestic corruption cases and the Pegasus phone hack.
- Sep 21
Judge sends Spanish PM's wife Begoña Gómez to jury trial for influence peddling
Investigating magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado has concluded his probe, ordering Begoña Gómez and her Moncloa assistant Cristina Álvarez to stand trial before a nine-citizen jury in Madrid on corruption charges.
- Jul 30
Spanish PM's wife Begoña Gómez switches lawyer ahead of jury trial for influence peddling and embezzlement
Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has replaced her defense lawyer, former interior minister Antonio Camacho, with Mallorcan criminal law expert Jaime Campaner as she prepares to face a jury trial.
- Jul 28
Sánchez opens election campaign from Moncloa with economic data blitz and defense of family in corruption cases
Pedro Sánchez used his end-of-term press conference at Moncloa to tout economic gains and defend his wife and brother against corruption cases, framing the judicial scrutiny as a political attack ahead of elections.
- Jul 27
Prosecutors seek 13-year prison term for Spain's Begoña Gómez, down from 24, after court narrows charges
The popular prosecution led by Hazte Oír filed a revised indictment on Monday requesting 13 years in prison for Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, after a Madrid court limited the charges to influence peddling and two counts of embezzlement.
- Jun 26
Guardia Civil report finds 'decisive arbitrariness' in Red.es contracts awarded to businessman linked to Begoña Gómez case
A Guardia Civil report reveals that the public entity Red.es manipulated tender scores to benefit Juan Carlos Barrabés, the businessman for whom Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, wrote recommendation letters.
- Jun 22
Spanish judge faces disciplinary review after suggesting police escorts could help PM’s wife flee
The Spanish judicial council has referred Judge Juan Carlos Peinado’s comments about police escorts potentially aiding Begoña Gómez’s flight to a disciplinary promoter, after the judge opened an oral trial against the prime minister’s wife.
- Jun 20
Spanish judge orders PM's wife to stand trial for corruption, bars her from leaving country after police escort row
A Madrid magistrate ordered Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption on 21 June, triggering a row after he suggested her police escorts might help her flee.
- Jun 19
Spanish judge opens new fraud probe into businessman linked to PM’s wife over EU-funded contract
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has opened a separate line of investigation targeting businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés for a 4‑million‑euro public contract awarded by Red.es, after the European Public Prosecutor found indications of prevarication and fraud against EU financial interests.
- Jun 15
Spanish court weighs curbs on PM's wife: passport seizure sought as preliminary hearing stretches three hours
Popular prosecutors led by Hazte Oír asked judge Juan Carlos Peinado on Monday to withdraw Begoña Gómez's passport and ban her from leaving Spain, as the preliminary hearing for the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez evolved into a political flashpoint. Gómez's lawyer called the case a 'phantom procedure' aimed at eroding the government.
- Jun 15
Spain's government publishes its largest-ever judicial hiring call, adding 700 judge and prosecutor posts
Félix Bolaños registered the call for 575 competitive exam posts and 125 senior magistrate positions in the Official State Gazette, describing it as the biggest judicial transformation in decades.
- Jun 14
PSOE maintains 'absolute confidence' in Zapatero while denouncing judicial 'rush' to topple Sánchez government before summer
PSOE spokesperson Montse Mínguez said on Saturday the party has absolute confidence in former prime minister Zapatero, but condemned an accelerated judicial agenda designed to bring down Pedro Sánchez's government before summer.
- Jun 13
Feijóo accuses Sánchez government of 'hunts' against judges and police, promises total institutional clean-up
Spain's main opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has accused the government of Pedro Sánchez of organizing 'hunts' against police, judges and prosecutors amid a wave of corruption scandals, and promised a 'total clean-up' of institutions if he wins power.
- Jun 9
Trial of Spanish PM's brother ends in Badajoz as judge weighs influence-peddling charges
After eight sessions and testimony from 11 defendants, the trial of David Sánchez, brother of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, concluded Tuesday in Badajoz. The judge must now decide on charges of malfeasance and influence peddling in his hiring at the provincial council.
- May 30
Spanish PP leader Tellado demands PNV withdraw support from Sánchez's 'mafia' government, calls for immediate elections
Miguel Tellado, secretary-general of Spain's Partido Popular, escalated political tensions in Bilbao on Saturday by branding Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a 'mafia boss' and demanding the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) immediately withdraw its parliamentary support, calling the situation a 'democratic emergency'.
- May 30
Pedro Sánchez admits 'stumbles' but attacks 'sly' opposition; philosopher slams left's corruption disguise
At the JSE congress, PM Sánchez concedes 'problems' but blames opposition for 'dirty tricks'; Elizabeth Duval says covering corruption as defense of democracy 'damages the left'.
- May 28
Spanish judge implicates PM Sánchez in PSOE 'sewer' plot to sabotage corruption probes after wife's indictment
A National Court judge has placed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the center of an alleged PSOE criminal network that sought to destabilize judicial investigations into the party, the government, and his family, following the indictment of his wife Begoña Gómez.
