The judge decides whether to revoke Begoña Gómez's passport

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A Hazte Oír bus passes in front of the instruction courts of Plaza Castilla in Madrid announcing the good news: Begoña Gómez, wife of Pedro Sánchez, indicted for four crimes. A dozen people with Spanish flags and banners of ‘Sánchez corrupt’ shout and applaud as it passes, while about twenty journalists keep guard at the doors of the building with a large police deployment. This Monday was a key day for the judicial case affecting the wife of the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez: Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has summoned Begoña Gómez for a hearing prior to a possible jury trial and, furthermore, has asked the parties if they wished to take precautionary measures. Hazte Oír, which groups the popular accusations, has requested the withdrawal of the president's wife's passport and that she be prevented from leaving the country because it believes there is a flight risk, in addition to the obligation to report to the court every fifteen days and economic measures so that she does not use the companies under suspicion. It has not requested, however, preventive detention.