A Spanish judge orders the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to face trial on corruption-related charges and to surrender her passport, according to multiple reports. The decision follows the judge’s determination that there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial. The allegations relate to influence peddling and corruption, as described by outlets covering the ruling.
Several sources also place the case within a broader landscape of corruption investigations in Spain, noting that other probes are nearing trial or already underway. The reports describe the ruling as politically sensitive because of Sánchez’s position as prime minister and because the court also imposes restrictions on the defendant’s ability to travel.
In addition to ordering the passport surrender, one outlet reports that the judge bans her from leaving Spain while the trial process continues. Overall, the coverage is consistent on the core elements: a judge rules the case should go to trial, the charges are corruption and influence-peddling-related, and travel is restricted through the passport order.
