Sáenz de Santamaría and Arenas do not go off script in the Kitchen trial: “I have no knowledge of that operation”
Former PP leaders deny that there was concern in the party and the government about the material Bárcenas might have kept
Former PP leaders deny that there was concern in the party and the government about the material Bárcenas might have kept
The former president denies a “political operation” and rejects having destroyed evidence of the PP’s slush fund, as Bárcenas said: “It is absolutely false”
The Government, with Minister Óscar Puente at the helm, responds: “With a quarter of a quarter, Sánchez would surely have been put in the dock”
The former president testifies in the hearing after denying his involvement in the plot: “I gave no instructions about something I didn’t know about”
The court strives to limit questions about the former general secretary of the Popular Party and the party: “The PP is not on trial”
The Prosecutor’s Office is trying to show that Kitchen was deployed independently of the agents who were surrounding the former treasurer under the judge’s control