Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival.
The court banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from his post for two years in a split vote of 5-2.
The decision is a blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who defended García Ortiz during the monthslong investigation and trial. Spain’s government said that it “respected the decision but does not share it.”
