The long-running probe is one of several into Sanchez’s family and former close allies that have embarrassed the Socialist leader and heaped pressure on his minority coalition.
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado said in a ruling dated Tuesday that his preliminary investigation showed that a jury trial was warranted and summoned her to appear in court on Saturday.
Gomez’s “personal friendship” with Alvarez was “the reason for her appointment to the position of highest trust”, Peinado wrote in his ruling.
Gomez can appeal and the ruling is not yet definitive.
She told her lawyer Alvarez never helped her in her private professional activities, though she occasionally sent messages that did not affect her primary work, according to legal sources.
Peinado set off the saga in April 2024 by opening an investigation to determine whether Gomez exploited her position as Sanchez’s wife for private benefit after complaints by groups with far-right ties.
This month he said there were “judges who do politics and politicians who try to do justice” and denounced spurious complaints by groups with far-right links.
The legal troubles compound woes for the minority government which engages in laborious negotiations with an array of fringe and regional separatist parties to try to pass legislation. – AFP
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