cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10102782

Spain’s High Court placed Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s former chief of staff and postmaster general under investigation on Friday as part of ​a wide-ranging corruption probe, ordering police to seize and analyse his ‌mobile phone data.

The move, outlined in a writ, is yet another blow for Sanchez, who in the past two years has seen several members of his Socialist Party (PSOE), cabinet ​and inner circle involved in various graft scandals. Last month, his former ​right-hand man was sentenced to 24 years in prison.

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