David Sánchez, Prime Minister's brother, disqualified for 9 years over prevarication

David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, the brother of Spain's Prime Minister, has been handed a 9-year disqualification sentence for administrative prevarication. The Provincial Court of Badajoz also imposed the same penalty on Miguel Ángel Gallardo, former president of the Badajoz Provincial Council and ex-leader of the PSOE in Extremadura, along with nine other defendants.

These individuals were implicated in alleged irregularities concerning the hiring of Pedro Sánchez's relative within a public body in 2017. The prosecution and defense had sought acquittals, arguing insufficient evidence for charges of influence peddling and administrative prevarication related to the creation of a senior management position in 2017, its subsequent name change in 2022, and the awarding of another position in 2023.

Conversely, seven popular accusations had requested prison sentences ranging from one to six years. The trial, which spanned seven days in late May and early June, featured a UCO report as the basis for the accusations, countered by testimonies from 53 individuals, including Civil Guard agents and the accused. A significant portion of these testimonies reportedly contradicted the police document's findings.