Madrid High Court refuses to sanction Judge Peinado for speculating about Begoña Gómez's possible escape with police assistance

The Madrid High Court of Justice rejects imposing a sanction on Judge Peinado for his hypotheses about a possible escape by Begoña Gómez with police assistance.

Madrid High Court rules out sanctioning Judge Peinado over his speculation about Begoña Gómez

The Madrid High Court of Justice (TSJM) has rejected sanctioning Judge Juan Carlos Peinado for having speculated in judicial proceedings about a hypothetical intervention by the Police to help Begoña Gómez escape, according to reports from Google News ES — Crime (es).

The Madrid judicial body considered that the magistrate's conduct did not reach the threshold necessary to impose any disciplinary measure, despite criticism prompted by his reasoning about possible police assistance to the wife of the Prime Minister.

Judge Peinado is instructing the case opened against Begoña Gómez for alleged crimes of corruption in business dealings and influence peddling. His conjectures about a possible escape by the person under investigation with the collaboration of law enforcement officers generated considerable controversy in judicial and political circles.

Source: Google News ES — Crime (es)

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