Attorney general testifies in Supreme Court over Ayuso partner email leak
Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz denied before Judge Ángel Hurtado leaking a confidential email from Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner in a tax fraud case. Alberto González Amador and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez also testified, revealing details on authorizations and hoaxes in the proceedings. The statements highlight tensions in the Prosecutor's Office and prior leaks in the case.
Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz appeared as imputed for nearly an hour and a half before Judge Ángel Hurtado at the Supreme Court on October 10, 2025. He only answered questions from the State lawyers and categorically denied leaking Alberto González Amador's email, partner of Madrid's president Isabel Díaz Ayuso: “Rotundamente no”. He accused Ayuso's chief of staff Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of spreading “evidently false” information and explained that all prosecutors agreed to issue a press note to debunk hoaxes: “Lo que hay que hacer es desmentir”.
García Ortiz argued that confidentiality was already broken by González Amador and his entourage, who leaked other emails first. “Creo que la mentira no puede ser nunca un secreto”, he stated, claiming he acted to gather information and refute falsehoods, not to harm the businessman. On March 13, 2024, he collected data to counter hoaxes: “Se está extrayendo una mentira, el fiscal nunca ofreció un pacto de primeras al investigado”. By then, media were already publishing the content, as La Sexta reported at 22:10. He justified deleting phone messages as a routine data protection measure: “Yo borro todo, absolutamente todo, de una manera absolutamente regular”.
Madrid's chief prosecutor Almudena Lastra testified that all agreed to debunk the hoaxes but questioned García Ortiz's method and asked if he leaked the note.
In another statement, González Amador denied authorizing his lawyer Carlos Neira to accept eight months in prison for tax fraud: “Jamás, jamás me preguntó el señor Neira”. His priority was to avoid splashing Ayuso: “Lo más importante era que no le salpicara a ella”. He revealed informing Rodríguez since 2022 and authorizing him to spread a confidential email from prosecutor Julián Salto on March 12, 2024: “Haz lo que consideres, yo le dije que sí”. Neira clarified he acted to close the case quickly.
Rodríguez admitted being aware of the case and receiving permission to disclose the email to journalists. He conceded having no proof to claim the Prosecutor's Office stopped negotiating due to “orders” from the top: “Eso no es información, es que tengo el pelo blanco”. He lied about contacts with elDiario.es before their exclusive and downplayed threats to journalist Esther Palomera: “No es una amenaza... tenía la confianza de discutir con ella”.