“There is absolutely no evidence that anything was leaked at the behest of the state attorney general.” With this statement as the central argument, the defense of Álvaro García Ortiz on Thursday concluded the Supreme Court’s investigation into him for disclosing secrets. Therefore, in closing arguments in criminal court, representatives of the State Attorney’s Office, which is responsible for the defense of the state attorney general, denied any leaks, questioned the UCO investigation and accused it of constructing a story “without evidence” to support the charges.
State’s attorneys began their final report shortly after 4 p.m. On the state of the sixth and final session of the hearing with a message directly referring to the court. He said the process was characterized by an “exceptional media context” rife with legal arguments and arguments. As a result, “parallel trials” occur. It’s based on “speculations, leaks, and partial reads.” “This created an unfavorable environment for Mr. Garcia Ortiz’s right to defense,” the lawyer charged. “However, we believe that this external contamination will not affect the independence and objectivity of the court.”
In this sense, the attorney general’s representative stressed that the source of the famous leaked email of February 2, 2024, sent by the then lawyer of Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner Alberto González Amador, cannot be directly identified to García Ortiz. As explained, the message was sent to the general address of the Economic Crimes Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Community of Madrid. Accommodates up to 16 people. The document was then printed “by an unknown person” and placed on the desk of Julián Sarto, the prosecutor in charge of Ayuso’s boyfriend’s case. “But we don’t know anything about how the email was managed by the sender or how many people had access to it,” he cautioned. Furthermore, even if attorney Carlos Neira “could have transferred it to a third party,” as he emphasized, there is a “gap” that the trial judge “has not filled.”
The only certified leak
Regarding defense, “This is the only leak certified in this incident.” It was an email dated March 12, 2024, in which prosecutor Julián Sarto notified Neira of the filing of the complaint and “acknowledgment of receipt” of the agreement negotiations that had been ongoing since February. As mentioned above, the message was filmed by Neira himself and forwarded to his client González Amador, who “immediately” forwarded it to Ayuso’s chief of staff, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MAR). “MAR then disseminated this information in chat,” the lawyer recalled. “This is the only certified breach. If other emails were also forwarded, did González Amador have those emails? Did he forward them to MAR? Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that MAR also had the February 2 email.”
In this sense, the lawyer González Amador accused of omitting information and acting ‘maliciously’in his opinion, is relevant. “I did not mention that the lawyer forwarded the February 2 email not only to the Madrid Public Prosecutor’s Office but also to the State Attorney’s Office,” he recalled. We didn’t even meet at 1pm on March 13th. with a reporter from world That same night, at 9:29 p.m., he was scheduled to announce the news of the alleged compliance agreement.
“Finally, we found out that Miguel Ángel Rodríguez was authorized to move the March 12 email to two lists of 50 journalists each. How much more will we ignore because of the plaintiff’s malicious intent?” he asked. ”A secret is no longer a secret if the owner of the secret lets a third party share the secret. ” The state’s attorney settled the case.
Three journalists received emails ‘before Garcia Ortiz’
The defense also recalled that four journalists declared during the trial that they had access to or knowledge of the contents of the emails. In front of Garcia Ortiz himself. experts in elDiario.es, SER chain and 6th They claimed that the attorney general had advance knowledge of the contents of the February 2 email, but journalists of country He directly acknowledged that the source of his “all ability to pay” information belonged to the Madrid Superior Public Prosecutor’s Office.
But the state’s attorney said that even if the court decides not to lend credence to these statements, “There are no clues, no evidence.” The leak was ordered or consented to by the state attorney general.
rebuttal to accusations
During his intervention, the defense refuted one by one Elements that the accusation supports their story. Referring to the attorney general’s “frenzy of activity” on the night of March 13, he sarcastically said: Putting a magnifying glass on the institutional agenda And it’s confusing how the higher authorities function. From a certain level there is no schedule. “Just because there’s enthusiasm doesn’t mean there’s a secret.”
About a temporary coincidence Between the receipt of the email by García Ortiz and the publication of its contents in Cadena SER on the night of March 13, the lawyer recalled that at the time, “there were 16 prosecutors and officials who had access from their homes to the public account” to which Carlos Neira sent the email containing the compliance proposal. “As MAR said in a statement, ‘people are very gossipy’, especially when there is news like this.” world (It was revealed that the public prosecutor’s office had proposed an agreement to Ayuso’s boyfriend.) ”
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