- 4d ago
PSOE and Frente Amplio meet Sunday to test a joint left Senate list before the 16 October deadline
Socialists and Frente Amplio, the new brand of Sumar, are due to meet on Sunday to explore a Senate alliance against the PP's absolute majority. The talks come after Pedro Sánchez called a general election for 29 November.
- Oct 7
Spanish police report details plot by former judge to physically target magistrate investigating Pedro Sánchez's brother
Spain's Civil Guard presented a report to the National Court describing attempts by an operative linked to an alleged political network to hire a drug clan to physically attack Judge Beatriz Biedma in Badajoz.
- Oct 6
Judge Pedraz declines for now to charge Spain's PSOE in the Leire Díez case
Pedraz said the case still lacks a 'principio de prueba' linking the party to the alleged plot, a view that matches the prosecutors' position that charging the PSOE is premature.
- Oct 1
Judge Pedraz finds no trace of European Union funds in Spain's Leire Díez investigation
National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz notified the European Public Prosecutor's Office that investigators found no evidence of EU fund misuse in the Leire Díez case, as Badajoz judge Beatriz Biedma submitted over 90 videos documenting alleged harassment.
- Sep 9
PSOE manager blames Santos Cerdán for retainers in National Court hearing
Ana María Fuentes told Judge Santiago Pedraz that former organization secretary Santos Cerdán ordered legal contracts and payments totaling over 150,000 euros under scrutiny in Madrid.
- Aug 19
Spanish judge orders repeat forensic cloning of former Sánchez aide's phone
Audiencia Nacional Judge Santiago Pedraz ordered a repeat extraction of Juan Manuel Serrano's phone in Madrid following defense challenges over procedural irregularities.
- Jul 31
Spanish judge orders analysis of 82 bank accounts, including six from PSOE, in Leire Díez corruption probe
Audiencia Nacional judge Santiago Pedraz has ordered 12 banks to hand over data on 82 accounts linked to the ruling Socialist Party and several defendants, seeking evidence of payments to former party militant Leire Díez and a network allegedly used to obstruct judicial investigations.
- Jul 29
Witness in Spanish judicial probe says Leire Díez invoked 'the One' and confirmed it meant PM Sánchez
Daniel Mateo, a Guardia Civil collaborator, testified in Madrid that the former PSOE fixer repeatedly claimed to act on behalf of 'the One' and, when pressed, replied 'the one is Pedro'.
- Jul 17
UCO: Santos Cerdán's wife got €1,300/month from fake job; family gained €323,000 in irregular benefits
Guardia Civil's UCO found that Francisca Muñoz, wife of ex-PSOE official Santos Cerdán, was paid €1,300 a month by a company she never worked for, and that the family obtained €323,178 in irregular gains, peaking during José Luis Ábalos's time as transport minister.
- Jun 29
Former PSOE negotiator Santos Cerdán's memoir threatens Sánchez: 'I know the backroom'
On the first anniversary of his imprisonment, ex-PSOE secretary Santos Cerdán publishes 'La Caída,' a self-published book that claims political persecution and issues a veiled threat to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez based on his insider knowledge.
- Jun 29
Pano tells judge Koldo's lawyer offered €250,000 from 'party people' to deny Ferraz cash delivery
Carmen Pano testified that Leticia de la Hoz, lawyer of convicted ex-ministerial aide Koldo García, offered her €250,000 to retract statements about delivering 90,000 euros in cash to the Socialist Party's headquarters. Her driver Álvaro Gallego confirmed the episode.
- Jun 23
Guardia Civil uncovers €112.8m Tubos Reunidos bailout network involving PSOE and PNV figures
The Unidad Central Operativa (UCO) has detailed how a trio connected to the PSOE and PNV allegedly secured a €112.8 million state loan for Tubos Reunidos and later a €10 million debt deferral, collecting nearly €250,000 in commissions.
- Jun 15
Judge proposes trial for 16 in €148 million Spanish fuel VAT fraud that links PSOE ally and Civil Guard captain
Audiencia Nacional judge Santiago Pedraz has moved to prosecute 16 people for an alleged 148-million-euro VAT fraud on hydrocarbons between 2018 and 2021, a case that entangles a businessman linked to the Socialist party and a Civil Guard officer.
- Jun 15
PSOE bankrolled covert operation to derail investigations into Sánchez's inner circle, Guardia Civil finds
Guardia Civil reports reveal that the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) used party resources to finance a covert campaign aimed at discrediting judges, prosecutors and police investigating Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife, with former organizational secretary Santos Cerdán alleged to have personally approved the expenditures.
- Jun 13
Leire Díez's seized notebooks expose a PSOE-linked network to manipulate judicial investigations across Spain's state institutions
Diaries confiscated from former PSOE militant Leire Díez map a coordinated effort to interfere in sensitive court cases, drawing in the attorney general's office, Guardia Civil leadership, and senior party figures.
- 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 12
Spanish judge summons Cerdán’s lawyer in probe over PSOE ‘sewers’ operation
The investigating judge in the Leire Díez case has ordered Jacobo Teijelo, lawyer of former PSOE official Santos Cerdán, to appear as an investigated party on 25 June, after the state prosecutor’s office confirmed two meetings between Teijelo, Leire Díez and senior prosecutors.
- Jun 11
PSOE drops nearly five points in first CIS poll after Zapatero indictment and Ferraz raid, but holds narrow lead over PP
The governing Socialists lost 4.9 percentage points in the June CIS barometer, the first survey taken after the indictment of former prime minister Zapatero and the UCO search of party headquarters, yet remain ahead of the PP by 4.2 points.
- Jun 10
Spanish prosecutors demand transparency over secret meetings between ex-AG's deputy and PSOE-linked figures
Two major Spanish prosecutors' associations have demanded an internal investigation and warned the current Attorney General she must resign if the institution remains opaque about two undisclosed meetings between the former deputy attorney general and individuals linked to the ruling PSOE party.
- Jun 3
PP calls for resignations over 'state crime' as PSOE fixer recordings reveal offers of favours to judges and police
Recordings seized from a former PSOE militant show her offering protection and prosecution deals to a former security chief and an ex-Guardia Civil captain, triggering calls from the opposition for the interior minister and the Guardia Civil director to resign.