Spain’s Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz resigned on Monday after the Supreme Court found him guilty of unlawfully disclosing confidential information.

The Supreme Court issued its ruling last week in a 5-2 decision . The court banned García Ortiz from holding his post for two years, imposed a €7,300 fine, and ordered him to pay €10,000 in civil damages. The case centered on García Ortiz’s disclosure of a February 2024 email exchange between prosecutors and Alberto González Amador’s lawyer. Amador is a businessman under investigation for alleged tax fraud and is also the partner of Madrid’s regional leader, Isabel Díaz Ayuso , who is one of Spain’s main opposition leaders.

The email reportedly contained the lawyer’s settlement proposal with the prosecutors and admission that A

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