The Supreme Court limited the analysis that the Civil Guard must carry out of all the information seized from the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, during the search in his office, so that only those linked to the case can be examined and between March 8 and 14.
“The expert analysis of the elements involved has been limited to the facts and the people subject to the investigation, it is limited to the dates which cover from March 8 to 14, 2024, both days inclusive,” declared the instructor of the case, Judge Ángel Luis Hurtado. in a resolution to which Europa Press had access.
It should be remembered that by ordering the search, both in the office of García Ortiz and in that of the Attorney General of the province of Madrid, Pilar Rodríguez – also investigated -, the magistrate authorized the making of a complete copy of the information contained in their devices. . and emails.
Thus, the instructor has already set two limits: one of substance, that the information entered be linked to the facts investigated; and another temporary, from March 8 to October 30. However, the latter only established it with regard to the emails of García Ortiz and Rodríguez.
According to investigative sources, the search in García Ortiz’s office – which lasted more than ten hours – resulted in the complete rejection of the contents of his two cell phones (official and personal), a laptop, a table of computer, a tablet and several USB sticks. .
Precisely, given the enormous amount of information seized and its highly sensitive nature, which in some cases affects national security, the Attorney General of the State has contacted in these days all the Attorneys General and the prosecutors of the courts of specialized areas to raise concerns and inform them. them of this situation, as tax sources confirmed to Europa Press.
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With this resolution, the Supreme Court reduces the scope of action of the Civil Guard when analyzing the information obtained in the two files. And this, based on two key dates for the investigations against García Ortiz and Rodríguez for an alleged revelation of secrets against Alberto González Amador, the boyfriend of Madrid’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
As the TS itself indicated in the order for which García Ortiz was prosecuted, the prosecutor in charge of the case against Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend, Julián Salto, declared that March 8 was the moment when Rodríguez had informed him that the person under investigation for alleged tax crimes was the partner of the Madrid president and “he asked him for a copy of the already approved complaint.”
As for March 14, it was on that day that the prosecution issued a press release containing a detailed timeline of the email exchange between Salto and González Amador’s lawyer in an attempt to reach an agreement.
It was this statement that led González Amador, among others, to file a complaint for allegedly revealing secrets. The case, involving García Ortiz, was taken to the Supreme Court.
The High Court opened a trial against García Ortiz on October 16. However, the TS saw no crime in the press release, focusing only on previous leaks regarding these “emails” to the media.
