Overview
- Investigating judge Antonio Piña denied the PSOE motion in pieza 31 of Operación Tándem after adopting the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s opposing report.
- The order also declined to summon Ignacio López del Hierro and the Popular Party’s legal representative as suspects.
- The court found the three cited recordings were already in the proceedings or from open sources and added no incriminating elements.
- Two of the audios had been assessed previously, supporting a 13 September 2022 refusal to reopen the case that the Criminal Chamber later upheld.
- The ruling reproached the PSOE filing as inaccurate and injurious, and it noted no evidence that Cospedal acted on statements about contacting Luis de Guindos or the State Prosecutor or that the talks involved criminal orders.