Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, will stand trial before a citizen jury on charges of influence peddling and embezzlement after the Madrid Provincial Court rejected her appeal, in the latest legal setback for Spain's Socialist government.
The court ruled on Thursday that Gómez must face trial on the two charges while dismissing separate accusations of corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds. It also lifted an earlier order requiring Gómez to surrender her passport and report regularly to the court. No further appeals against the ruling are possible.
