“Always the truth and the law before.” These are the words of Juan Lobato upon his departure from the Supreme Court. After more than an hour and a half in front of the judge Angel Hurtadothe former secretary general of PSOE a man from Madrid handed over his cell phone and the notarial deed with the messages where Pilar Sánchez Acerachief of staff of Oscar Lopezthen chief of staff of the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, He gave her personal emails from Alberto González Amador, Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend. These conversations, which remain in the hands of the investigating judge, open the way for the Supreme Court to investigate the close entourage of the President of the Government and elevate the responsibilities of this operation to La Moncloa.
The former leader of the Madrid socialists avoided directly attacking Oscar Lopez. He limited himself to saying that he spoke directly with Sánchez Acera and that this can be verified in the text messages on his phone that he voluntarily left at the judicial disposal. Lobato admitted to notarizing the document to protect himself – which helped him leave the Supreme Court as a witness and not as a defendant – and left the notarized file with the judge. He also admitted that he had the information before the media published it. elplural.com and that he used this information to attack Ayuso in the Assembly.
The next steps for this declaration would be to call Óscar López’s right-hand man to testify, Sanchez Acera. At that moment, this high-ranking government official could say that he was his boss, Oscar Lopez who asked him to send the controversial material to the leader of the Madrid socialists or, on the contrary, to take full responsibility and serve as a “firewall” so that the consequences of this operation against Ayuso do not end up degenerating up to the former boss of Sánchez. staff or to the President of the Government himself.
If you choose the first option, you should keep in mind that Oscar Lopez He took the plunge to become Minister of Digital Transformation in September 2024, which is why he is currently sitting before the Supreme Court. But if the investigating judge ultimately indicts him, he would be added to the list which already includes Álvaro García Ortiz and Pilar Rodriguezprovincial prosecutor of Madrid. If we get to this level of the process, things get complicated for Sanchez: López was his chief of staff, so if he were indicted, doubts would increase about the level of knowledge of the president of the government about this offensive against Ayuso.
The first to testify
Little This is the first person the judge has taken a statement from since he opened a case against the state attorney general on October 16. Álvaro Garcia Ortizand against the head of the Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, Pilar Rodríguez, for her alleged involvement in the leak reported by Díaz Ayuso’s partner. However, this is not the first diligence that the instructor has practiced. On October 30, Hurtado authorized the entry and search of García Ortiz’s office at the State Attorney General and Rodríguez’s office at the Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
For the moment, agents of the Central Operational Unit (COU) of the Civil Guard only presented a report in which they analyzed the information seized in Rodríguez’s office. Although they are still awaiting their conclusions on the search carried out in the office of García Ortiz, in the report relating to the Madrid prosecutor they already emphasize that the head of the public prosecutor’s office had a “preeminent participation” in the leak. The UCO, in its recent report, broadened its scope by directly naming the State Attorney General’s Office as responsible for the leak to the press of the complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Office against González Amador for crimes alleged taxes, information published on March 12. .
