Key facts
- Spanish police identified 'P.S.' in Leire Díez's diary as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
- Diary entries suggest a strategy to derail legal proceedings against Sánchez's brother.
- Santos Cerdán is implicated as a key figure in orchestrating legal and financial support.
- Entries reference meetings with 'P.S.' and former minister José Luis Ábalos.
- The government stated the notes do not indicate criminal activity by Sánchez.
Spanish police have concluded that the initials 'P.S.' appearing in the diary of Leire Díez, a former member of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), refer to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
The report from the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard details at least four references to Sánchez in a 2025 notebook seized from Díez. These entries reportedly relate to meetings, information requests, and internal government affairs.
Investigators believe these references are linked to a potential strategy to derail legal proceedings concerning Sánchez's brother, David Sánchez. The diary entries suggest two main avenues for this strategy: challenging the judge by joining the proceedings as a popular prosecution, and attempting to replace David Sánchez's lawyer. These actions are dated to March 2025.
The report also implicates Santos Cerdán, formerly the PSOE's number three, as the driving force behind the hiring of lawyers who devised these steps with Díez, and for financing her travel expenses.
Significant diary entries include a note about a "meeting with P.S." dated February 3, 2025, which is linked to the Koldo network. Another entry mentions "queries of Ábalos and P.S. databases," referencing former minister José Luis Ábalos. A third entry discusses an agreement between 'P.S.' and Joseph Oughourlian, chairman of the Prisa Group, concerning the editorial line.
The government has stated that the diary entries do not provide any indication of criminal activity by Prime Minister Sánchez, even if the initials do refer to him, and has concluded there are no grounds to call him as a witness.