Spain: Trial of top prosecutor gets underway in case rattling government

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Spain’s top prosecutor, Álvaro García Ortiz, has gone on trial for allegedly leaking confidential case files about a businessman linked to the right-wing Madrid leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso. The case, seen as unprecedented, has shaken Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist government and raised concerns over political interference in the justice system. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris has the details from Madrid.