Leire's diary and the initials P.S.: the judicial puzzle catching up with Maestre
The P.S. entry in Leire Díaz's diary puts Maestre face to face with his own past: he himself likens the initials to the Bárcenas fake, but the judicial origin is different.
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The P.S. entry in Leire's diary reopens the debate over the reliability of judicial documents as Antonio Maestre likens the case to the fake M.Rajoy note from Bárcenas
A handwritten note in a diary seized by the police has sparked a war of interpretations. The initials "P.S." appear in the case file investigating the alleged corruption network implicating Spain's PSOE. Antonio Maestre, a journalist known for his ties to the Podemos circle, has acknowledged that the entry refers to Pedro Sánchez, just as the now-famous "M.Rajoy" referred to Mariano Rajoy in the Bárcenas papers. But the analogy is legally explosive.
A judicial fake versus a police seizure
The difference is profound. The "M.Rajoy" note was a later addition written by Luis Bárcenas himself to leak to the press as revenge against the PP. It was proven in court to be a fabrication. By contrast, the initials "P.S." come from the diary of Leire Díaz, the former aide at Moncloa (the Spanish PM's office), seized in a police search as part of an open case. The context in which it was obtained is radically different: there is no confessed manipulation, but original material seized under judicial supervision.
Maestre's move: damage control or belated honesty?
The most sceptical analyses suggest that Maestre, by equating the two cases, aims to sow doubt about the evidentiary value of Leire's diary, muddying the clue in the mire of the Bárcenas hoax. Those trinc the case closely recall that the journalist never made that caveat when citing "M.Rajoy" as proof of Rajoy's connivance with corrupt businessmen. Now, when the initials point to his current political ally, the narrative changes.
The debate remains open: the origin of the P.S. entry lies in a judicial case file, not in a confession of forgery. But the experience of the Bárcenas case shows that the authorship of such notes is sometimes more complex than it appears at first glance. The unsettling fact is that, despite the thoroughness of the search, no handwriting expert report has yet been submitted tying the entry to a specific hand.
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A handwritten note in a diary seized by the police has sparked a war of interpretations. The initials "P.S." appear in the case file investigating the alleged corruption network implicating Spain's PSOE. Antonio Maestre, a journalist known for his ties to the Podemos circle, has acknowledged that the entry refers to Pedro Sánchez, just as the now-famous "M.Rajoy" referred to Mariano Rajoy in the Bárcenas papers. But the analogy is legally explosive.
A judicial fake versus a police seizure
The difference is profound. The "M.Rajoy" note was a later addition written by Luis Bárcenas himself to leak to the press as revenge against the PP. It was proven in court to be a fabrication. By contrast, the initials "P.S." come from the diary of Leire Díaz, the former aide at Moncloa (the Spanish PM's office), seized in a police search as part of an open case. The context in which it was obtained is radically different: there is no confessed manipulation, but original material seized under judicial supervision.
Maestre's move: damage control or belated honesty?
The most sceptical analyses suggest that Maestre, by equating the two cases, aims to sow doubt about the evidentiary value of Leire's diary, muddying the clue in the mire of the Bárcenas hoax. Those trinc the case closely recall that the journalist never made that caveat when citing "M.Rajoy" as proof of Rajoy's connivance with corrupt businessmen. Now, when the initials point to his current political ally, the narrative changes.
The debate remains open: the origin of the P.S. entry lies in a judicial case file, not in a confession of forgery. But the experience of the Bárcenas case shows that the authorship of such notes is sometimes more complex than it appears at first glance. The unsettling fact is that, despite the thoroughness of the search, no handwriting expert report has yet been submitted tying the entry to a specific hand.
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