García Ortiz's new strategy before the judge to escape the scandal

The Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, remains in the spotlight. Especially after his appearance in the Supreme Court as a defendant for alleged breach of confidentiality. Some situations surrounding García Ortiz have raised suspicions among citizens who have expressed them on social media, now, the prosecutor surprises again.

During his appearance, supposedly, García Ortiz insinuated that it might have been the Chief Prosecutor of Madrid, Almudena Lastra, who was responsible for leaking the email with information about Alberto González Amador. The prosecutor, quite close to the PSOE, claimed that Almudena Lastra's motivation for her statement might have been caused by "disaffection" with the current prosecutorial leadership.

García Ortiz asserted that he didn't give any orders to his subordinates to leak the email of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner, the President of the Community of Madrid. The statement is made in the context of an investigation that points to him as a possible perpetrator of a breach of confidentiality.

Meanwhile, the IT Section of the Attorney General's Office has informed the Supreme Court that there is no record of the return of the mobile phone. The official device assigned to Álvaro García Ortiz. This is stated in a report dated January 27, 2025.

According to the document, García Ortiz received a Samsung A54 device on May 24, 2024. But there are no records of him returning it or being asked to do so.

The reply from the Support Unit was sent to the secretary of the Supreme Court judge. The same one who on January 24 requested information about a possible change of device by the prosecutor.

The report also reveals a deficiency in the internal control of the Attorney General's Office's mobile devices: the IMEI number, the unique code that identifies each phone, is not recorded. This prevents verifying whether, in case of return, it is the same assigned device or an identical one. According to the document, this information is not stored in the internal management application because "it is not relevant for the delivery of mobiles."

The device in question is a key piece in the investigation. This is because García Ortiz would have used it on the day the emails of the lawyer of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner were leaked to prosecutor Julián Salto.

These messages contained confidential information that ended up in media outlets close to the Government. The lack of control over the phone adds uncertainty to the investigation and could hinder the clarification of the facts.

Judge Ángel Hurtado, in charge of the case's instruction, has gathered various indications that complicate García Ortiz's defense. In his latest rulings, the judge has dismissed the strategy of attributing the leak to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Ayuso's chief of staff.