It was planned that this Friday, at ten in the morning, Begoña Gómez returned to the 41st Court of Instruction in Madrid in order to respond before Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, the Prosecutor’s Office and the accusations carried out by Vox and the organizations Manos Limpias, HazteOír, Iustitia Europa and the Movement for Political Regeneration of Spain.
After that, the Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations of the Complutense University of Madrid, José María Coello, and his predecessor, Juan Carlos Doadrio, should have appeared as witnesses to clarify information about the chair that Gómez co-directed at the center, summons that his defense has challenged, considering them outside the scope of the case.
However, The suspect has decided to exercise her right not to testifyso a few minutes after arriving at the investigating court, he left the premises and, once again, the investigation process was paralyzed. In addition, the defense of the wife of the president of the Government He had asked the judge not to record his statement on video, but only the audio.to avoid “leaks” of his previous appearance. However, as Begoña Gómez’s lawyer later stated, Antonio Camachobelieves that, finally, Yes, the suspect was recorded during her brief stay in the courtroom.since “it is the usual procedure.”