The 19 complaints by Bolaños against Peinado that the CGPJ filed away: “He censured my facial expression and forbade me from smiling”.
The minister wrote five letters to Perelló denouncing “atypical” requests and “intimidating” comments from the judge when he questioned him as a witness.
"Improper" disqualifications by a judge, "atypical" requests, or "intimidating" comments. The complaints sent by Minister Félix Bolaños to the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) regarding the actions of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado when he questioned him as a witness about the hiring of Begoña Gómez's assistant, the wife of the President of the Government, detail a total of 19 "irregularities" that the minister attributes to the judge.
The complaints, collected in five letters sent between June 2025 and April 2026 to the President of the CGPJ, Isabel Perelló, also describe the high-tension climate that surrounded the meeting before, during, and even after the statement (Bolaños suggests that Peinado tried to have the Supreme Court charge him in retaliation for complaining to the CGPJ).
With these five documents, to which EL PAÍS has had access, the Minister of Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Cortes requested that the Council sanction Peinado, appealing to the need to "preserve the prestige and reputation" of the Spanish judiciary. However, the governing body of judges ruled out this possibility on July 28 and filed Bolaños' complaints, considering that, while some of the magistrate's decisions may be "debatable," they do not merit disciplinary reproach.
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