MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s brother, David, will face trial for alleged malfeasance and affect peddling alongside ten others, together with Extremadura’s Socialist chief Miguel Ángel Gallardo, accused of making a public publish “advert hoc” on the native council of Badajoz.
Badajoz’s Provincial Court dominated on Tuesday there’s “enough proof” to deliver David Sánchez to trial. A educated classical musician, he has been underneath investigation since May 2024 following a grievance from far-right union Manos Limpias, which additionally accused him of dwelling in Portugal to keep away from Spanish taxes and neglecting his duties as conservatories coordinator at Badajoz Provincial Council.
Sánchez’s brother denies any wrongdoing.
The Spanish prime minister has publically defended his brother’s innocence.
Asked about probes involving each his spouse and brother, the Socialist chief accused judges of political bias: “There are judges participating in politics and politicians administering justice.”
Mounting corruption probes now encompass the prime minister, with former cupboard members, senior Socialist officers, and even his family members implicated in alleged kickbacks, rigged tenders, and affect peddling – a scandal that threatens Pedro Sánchez’s fragile minority coalition.
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