The judge asks Patrimonio to detail the gifts to the Presidency of the Government from 2004 to 2011 to clarify the origin of Zapatero's jewels
The Anti-Corruption office rejects the request for information from Saudi Arabia, as the former president claimed, and advocates for the investigation of a misappropriation of funds crime that would not be prescribed.
A Spanish judge, José Luis Calama, is investigating the Plus Ultra case and has requested a list of institutional gifts received by the Government from 2004 to 2011. The judge wants to clarify the origin of some jewelry worth 1.3 million euros found in the office of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Zapatero claims the jewelry was a gift from the Saudi monarchy in 2007.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opposes requesting information from Saudi Arabia and suggests that Zapatero may have committed a misappropriation offense.
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