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Spanish PM’s brother David Sánchez banned from public office for nine years for administrative misconduct
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Spanish PM’s brother David Sánchez banned from public office for nine years for administrative misconduct
A court in Badajoz found David Sánchez guilty of administrative misconduct related to his 2017 council hiring, imposing a nine-year public office ban while clearing him of influence peddling.
- David Sánchez, brother of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, received a nine-year ban from public office and was acquitted of influence peddling.
- Nine co-defendants also received nine-year bans; former PSOE Extremadura leader Miguel Ángel Gallardo was banned for 18 years on two misconduct counts.
- Pedro Sánchez stated that his brother and wife are innocent and victims of politically motivated smear campaigns.
- Opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijóo said the conviction proved no one is above the law, while Santiago Abascal called the PSOE a "mafia."
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