Spanish ex-minister on trial accused of spying to protect party

Spanish ex-minister on trial accused of spying to protect party

Spanish ex-minister on trial accused of spying to protect party

2026-04-06 12:54:57

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It all started when Jorge Fernández Díaz, a former conservative interior mi
minister in Spain, went on trial for allegedly spying on an ex-party treasu
treasurer who threatened to expose corruption. This case is being tried alo
along with another high-profile one that has damaged the ruling Socialists 
and public confidence in Spain's political class.

Fernandez Diaz and other senior officials are accused of a plot to spy on B
Barcenas and silence him, using public money and without any legal basis. B
Barcenas was taken into pre-trial detention in 2013 for irregularities in P
PP accounts and had threatened to reveal secrets about illegal party financ
financing because he did not feel sufficiently supported.

In an interview published in El Mundo daily on Saturday, Barcenas said it w
was impossible that an operation of this kind was carried out without the 
knowledge of the party's highest authorities. He did not mention Rajoy by 
name.

The affair combined with other corruption cases that tainted and ultimately
ultimately toppled Rajoy's government in 2018 and brought current Socialist
Socialist premier Pedro Sanchez to power.


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