A Spanish judge has formally indicted Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, on charges of embezzlement, influence-peddling, corruption, and illicit enrichment, following a two-year investigation into whether she leveraged her position as Spain's first lady to benefit her professional activities, including establishing a chair at Madrid's Complutense University without the required academic qualifications and securing funding from companies that later received government subsidies. Sánchez, who was on a state visit to China alongside his wife when the ruling was announced on 13 April 2026, offered a terse response to reporters, saying he trusted justice to set things right in time. The indictment adds to a growing cluster of corruption cases surrounding the prime minister, including a separate influence-peddling probe involving his brother and an unfolding scandal around former transport minister José Luis Abalos — once a close ally — who faces up to 24 years in prison over allegedly irregular mask contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic; analysts warn that if illegal party financing is ultimately proven, the political credibility of Sánchez's Socialist Party could be fundamentally undermined.