Whatsapps and Leire's agenda put Spain's PSOE in the judicial crosshairs

Whatsapps between Cristina Narbona and Leire Díez contradict the PSOE president's denial. The fixer's agenda listed Susana Griso as a target.

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Narbona's denial and the messages that contradict it

"I don't know her at all." With those words, Cristina Narbona, president of Spain's PSOE, tried to distance herself from Leire Díez, the party's fixer whose name is linked to a scheme to protect Pedro Sánchez from the judiciary. But the whatsapps between the two, revealed in recent hours, tell a different story: conversations about how to "protect soldier Sánchez" and notes in a notebook that even included details of Susana Griso's private life.

An uncomfortable notebook
Leire Díez's agenda contained not only data on the strategy to defend the prime minister. It also recorded personal information about journalists, including Susana Griso, who was listed as a "target." Antena 3's communications department has confirmed that the presenter appears in those notes, which raises the stakes of the scandal: not only was Sánchez allegedly being shielded, but those reporting on him were being watched.

The specter of a collective indictment
The messages between Narbona and Díez, combined with the president's public denial, bring closer the possibility that the PSOE may be investigated as a incivil organization. Meanwhile, Pedro J. Ramírez suggested on Espejo Público that elections would be moved forward to March 2027, given the inability to pass a budget for the third consecutive year. Former minister Marlaska and Narbona herself would also be on shaky ground.

The timing is no coincidence — right as Judge Pedraz's case moves forward. The PSOE is facing an earthquake whose aftershocks have not yet ended.

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