Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said on Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose Socialists have been hammere
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Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said on Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose Socialists have been hammere
Police have searched the headquarters of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's PSOE party investigating possible illegal payments. Sanchez meanwhile said he was still standing by former PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Spanish police enter governing party's headquarters in Madrid as the corruption cases circle PM Sanchez's government.
Spanish police searched the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party on Wednesday as part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing linked to a party member who allegedly tried to influence police and legal cases that could damage the party. Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said on Wednesday.
Deutsche Welle English reported the story as "Spain: Police raid HQ of ruling PSOE Socialist party in graft probe." The Independent reported the story as "Spanish police search ruling Socialist party headquarters as problems deepen for Pedro Sanchez." Washington Times reported the story as "Spanish police search headquarters of PM Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialist Party."
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6 sources have covered this story, including The Independent, Al Jazeera English, Washington Times and Deutsche Welle English and 2 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 3 hours ago.
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