Kitchen Operation
Rajoy and Cospedal to testify Thursday in ongoing Operación Kitchen trial
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Former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and ex-PP Secretary General María Dolores de Cospedal will testify this Thursday as witnesses in the ongoing Operación Kitchen trial at Spain's Audiencia Nacional in San Fernando de Henares. Rajoy opens the session, followed by Cospedal, amid restrictions by investigating judge Manuel García Castellón. Recent PP-linked witnesses have reported memory lapses.
Spain's National Court in San Fernando de Henares opened the Operación Kitchen trial on Monday, investigating a 2013 parapolice operation under Mariano Rajoy's government to spy on former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas and steal compromising PP documents amid the Gürtel case. Ten ex-officials, including former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz, face up to 15-year sentences from Anticorruption Prosecutors. Defenses challenge jurisdiction and evidence, while current PP leaders distance the party and PSOE seeks to impute María Dolores de Cospedal and the PP.