Javier María Pérez-Roldán

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.