Police dirty-war units spied on judge in Sánchez brother case — and found nothing

Spain's political 'sewers' found nothing on the judge investigating David Sánchez. Meanwhile, the Provincial Council of Badajoz renovated his apartment with €43,000 of public money.

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The spying on Judge Peinado turned up nothing: the dirty trick that wasn't

When Spain's so-called 'dirty war' units turned their attention to the judge investigating David Sánchez, the prime minister's brother, the goal was clear: find something to discredit him. They failed. According to judicial sources, not a single compromising detail emerged from the surveillance. The operation, attributed to police units under political control, ran into a judge who, scrutinised down to the last detail, left no opening.

Meanwhile, the case of Sánchez's brother keeps adding Kafkaesque chapters. The Provincial Council of Badajoz, chaired by Miguel Ángel Gallardo (PSOE), authorised a €43,000 renovation of the official apartment assigned to David Sánchez, who complained that 'everything was very old'. And that's not all: PSOE officials tried to pose as independent witnesses at the trial, according to recordings. The Council's minutes were manipulated to justify the tailor-made position created for the brother.

That the spying ended with nothing found is no accident. It shows that, despite the pressure, there are judges who refuse to bend. What there is, however, is evidence of a structure operating outside the law to protect vested interests. The question nobody answers: if they found nothing, why spy at all?

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