The judge investigates Begoña Gomezwife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, for facts that could constitute a crime of influence peddling and another crime of corporate corruption, responded to the defense of the person under investigation, which she presented in her court “two blocks continues to investigate” ' that have no relation to the contracts awarded to companies of businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés, a part remained by calling the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
In a ruling to which Europa Press has had access, Judge Juan Carlos Peinado responded thus to the letter from Gómez's defense, led by former minister Antonio Camacho, which asked him last week to clarify the facts making up the case, after having adopted the decision of the European Public Prosecutor's Office to maintain the part relating to the award of contracts financed with European funds by the public entity Red.es.
Peinado points out that in the answer of the Provincial Court of Madrid The prosecutor's appeal requesting that the case be archived should not be interpreted as a rejection of further investigation, for example into what may be related to Gómez's possible intervention in the rescue of Air Europa.
“It is a subjective interpretation that draws an important conclusion and is not adapted to reality, since this statement is not included in the decision to resolve the appeal, without prejudice to the fact that those contracts are referred to as indicative of clear indications ”, the judge points out. With this decision, the judge somehow supports the statement of Begoña Gómez as examined, scheduled for July 5.