Madrid, Nov 4, 2025 (AFP)
The partner of a Spanish right-wing figurehead on Tuesday accused the top prosecutor of "destroying" his reputation by leaking confidential legal information, in a trial rattling the leftist government.
The case against Alvaro Garcia Ortiz -- the first serving attorney general to stand trial in Spanish history -- is one of several legal affairs dogging Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's minority coalition.
The complainant is Alberto Gonzalez Amador, a businessman under investigation for alleged tax fraud who is the partner of the Madrid region's leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso, a darling of the Spanish right.
In 2024, media reported based on leaked correspondence that Gonzalez Amador had proposed a plea deal with the public prosecutor's office in which he would admit to the alleged offences in exchange for avoiding a trial and jail.
Ayuso's conservative Popular Party accuses the Socialist-appointed Garcia Ortiz of organising the leak to damage her, which he denied on the trial's opening day on Monday.
Gonzalez Amador told day two of the trial in the Supreme Court that he wanted to reach an agreement with the prosecutor's office "quickly and quietly" to avoid harming Ayuso.
"With the publication of the email, I became the confessed criminal of the Kingdom of Spain! I was dead!" Gonzalez Amador said.
Garcia Ortiz "had publicly killed me. He had completely destroyed me", continued Gonzalez Amador, saying he "went off the assumption that this was going to be used against my partner".
Garcia Ortiz's legal team has presented him as the victim of a campaign by the Madrid region's government to distract attention from Gonzalez Amador's legal woes and protect Ayuso.
Garcia Ortiz, who is due to testify on November 12, faces several years in prison and a ban on continuing in his profession if convicted.

Sumber : AFP