Overview
- The CGPJ’s disciplinary promoter, Ricardo Conde, initiated diligencias informativas after a complaint that OkDiario published a court resolution before the parties were notified.
- The complaint was filed by the defense of Cristina Álvarez, who argues the leak could only have originated from Madrid’s Investigating Court No. 41, which Judge Juan Carlos Peinado leads.
- The preliminary review is the CGPJ’s routine first step to assess complaints and will determine whether to open a disciplinary expediente, impose sanctions, or archive the matter.
- The underlying investigation, approaching two years, targets Begoña Gómez, her aide Cristina Álvarez, and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés for alleged offenses including malversation and influence peddling.
- Peinado already faces two pending disciplinary files stemming from a complaint by Minister Félix Bolaños—after the Supreme Court discarded allegations against him—and another by Más Madrid over procedural lapses in a municipal case.