Begoña Gómez asks that solely the sound of her assertion be recorded

The protection of Begoña Gómez, spouse of the President of the Authorities, Pedro Sánchez, has requested the decide investigating her that her assertion, which shall be held this Friday, July 5, within the Plaza de Castilla courts, be recorded however solely in audio and never on video given its “public relevance.”

That is said in a doc from her defence, written by the previous Minister of the Inside Antonio Camacho, to which Europa Press has had entry, by which she explains that it’s common follow for courts to report statements, and that “given the use that may very well be given to those photographs given the general public relevance” of the president’s spouse, she needs “the recording of the assertion to not comprise her picture however solely the sound of her assertion.”

It ought to be remembered that the decide of the forty first Courtroom of Instruction in Madrid, Juan Carlos Peinado, is investigating Begoña Gómez following a criticism from the Manos Limpias union for alleged crimes of affect peddling and corruption in enterprise, and that he has agreed to query her as a suspect this Friday, July 5 at 10:00 a.m.

Begoña Gómez’s lawyer additionally signifies that her request will not be uncommon and insists that it’s “a follow that’s normally frequent in numerous courts to keep away from inappropriate use of photographs which can be captured for the only real objective of documenting a judicial continuing, however which shouldn’t be was disseminated within the public media.”

This Tuesday, a courtroom ruling was issued in response to requests from each the prosecution and the defence to make clear the information for which Gómez was nonetheless being investigated after the European Prosecutor’s Workplace took over the half referring to the awarding of public contracts to an organization owned by businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés.

The decide assured that he’s investigating “all acts, conduct and behavior” carried out by Begoña Gómez “since her husband turned President of the Authorities, that are contained within the preliminary criticism” filed by Manos Limpias for affect peddling, in relation to her alleged hyperlinks with the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés and the contracts with him that haven’t been delivered to the eye of the European Prosecutor’s Workplace.

On the identical day, July 5, the Justice of the Peace will take a press release as a witness from the rector of the Complutense College, Joaquín Goyache. On July 15, Peinado plans to take a press release as a witness from the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés from the hospital the place he’s admitted.