Trial Looms for Spain PM's Wife as Travel Ban Is Imposed in Corruption Case

A Madrid court ordered Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial by jury on charges including embezzlement, influence peddling and misappropriation of funds. She must surrender her passport and is banned from leaving the country, with a court requirement to appear twice a month until a verdict is reached; a Moncloa adviser was also subjected to travel restrictions. The case centers on the creation of a chair at Complutense University and is part of broader corruption controversies surrounding Sánchez's government, which he denies.