Politics · Spain · 4 hrs ago
Spanish judge gives PSOE 48 hours to disclose lawyer contracts
A Spanish judge, Santiago Pedraz, gave the PSOE 48 hours to provide information about its lawyers and consultants.
The demand covers contracts from 2021 to 2025, along with documents explaining the work and the party’s internal approval of payments.
Pedraz had requested the information earlier, but the PSOE had not responded.
The request is part of an investigation into suspected efforts to use party funds to support operations aimed at obtaining damaging information about judges, prosecutors and police officers.
Investigators suspect some payments to outside law firms may have been used to channel money to Leire Díez for those operations, with services allegedly described as legal or communications work.
The judge says the request must respect legal professional secrecy and the party’s right not to provide information that could incriminate it; the information is intended to help clarify the funding under investigation.
Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz gave the PSOE 48 hours to provide information on lawyers and legal or consultancy firms it hired between 2021 and 2025.
He also requested documents supporting the services and internal records related to approving payments.
The request follows an earlier information demand that had not received a response, according to the reports.
The investigation is examining suspected efforts to channel party funds through law firms for services allegedly not provided.
Pedraz said the request must not infringe professional secrecy or the party’s right not to provide information it believes could incriminate it.
- Who
- Judge Santiago Pedraz ordered the PSOE to provide the information.
- What
- The party must disclose its lawyers and legal or consultancy firms hired between 2021 and 2025, along with documents concerning their services and payments.
- When
- The order was reported on October 20, 2026, and gives the PSOE 48 hours.
- Where
- The information must be sent to the National Court.
- Why
- The judge is seeking information for an investigation into suspected financial operations involving legal and consultancy services.
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ABC reported that Pedraz had sent the PSOE an initial request for information.
Reports said Pedraz gave the PSOE 48 hours, or two more days, to provide the information.
- Deadline
- 48 hours
- Hiring period covered
- 2021–2025
- Judge
- Santiago Pedraz
- Court
- National Court
- Earlier request
- October 6, 2026, according to ABC
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