The magistrate investigating the activities of Begoña Gómez, wife of the President of the Government, has admitted, following a complaint of influence peddling and corruption in the private sector, that the Movement for Democratic Regeneration association, an entity whose visible face is Aitor Guisasola is a YouTuber lawyer who has already been accused in the Neurona case on Podemos.
In an ordering procedure to which ABC had access, the court led by Judge Juan Carlos Peinado confirms the payment of the bail and authorizes the association to access the case. remains under summary secrecy, but with some nuances to avoid future accusations of defenselessness.
In this sense, the judge, who already allowed Begoña Gómez's lawyer to participate in the deposition as witnesses of the media managers who published about the letters of recommendation he issued for a company in view of a public tender, authorized that the popular accusation has access to the statements they made, as well as to the documentation provided.
He also communicated the summons of the new class of witnesses, who, as this newspaper reported, are responsible for the company that attended these two public tenders, with a letter of recommendation from Gómez and several senior officials of the organization that awarded themRed.es, which was dependent on the Ministry of Economic Affairs when the events of 2021 took place and is now linked to the Digital Transformation.
The investigation continues and the case is growing, although most of it is still being handled behind closed doors, such as the report that the magistrate ordered to be drawn up to the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard to check the veracity of the news about those letters of recommendation . and 'cleaning up' the public contracts involved, verifying and proving whether Begoña Gómez played a role.
According to the legal sources consulted by ABC, the document is only in the possession of the instructor, the Public Prosecution Service and the researchers themselves. According to El País, citing sources in the case, it would be exculpatory.
Although the case is due to the activities of Begoña Gómez and she personally has the status of investigation because the court cannot formally assign her any other role, the magistrate has not issued an order directly attributing criminal evidence to him, This means that she has not been 'attributed' in the sense that she has stated in writing that the instructional activity has provided indicative evidence of her participation in criminal offenses. At the moment, the procedure is aimed at verifying the extremes of the complaint, hence the summons of those responsible for the news that supported the complaint, and on June 6 and 7 of those familiar with these statements.