Overview
- The Presidency’s IT unit supplied copies of Gómez’s corporate emails dating from July 2018, which the court forwarded to the Guardia Civil’s UCO.
- The USB was delivered in a sealed envelope to safeguard custody as the UCO conducts a forensic examination and prepares its report.
- The judge’s interest centers on possible embezzlement tied to assistant Cristina Álvarez’s private use in managing a chair co-directed by Gómez at the Complutense University.
- Gómez’s defense challenged the email access, and Madrid’s Provincial Court reproved the initial order for insufficient justification affecting communications secrecy.
- The judge also requested information from Moncloa on trips by Gómez and her aide to several countries as part of the broader inquiry into alleged offenses.