Maybe not Washington or the US,but perhaps somewhere in Europe...like Ireland where I'm the only one who'd know who they are
Diego Torres has had a year to prepare his declaration... he has brought controversy, but no data that could involve legal charges. He wants the media scandal, for months he is playing with that.
Obviously the Royal Family and the House of the King knew that Iñaki had a non-profit association (that was Noos) dedicated to promoting the sport. And obviously Iñaki has sought help of relatives and acquaintances to find contacts and promote their activities. And many people worked with him in good faith, because it was supposed nonprofit.
The trouble is that the association was not well managed, contracts and invoices were not entirely legal, and the money was diverted... and many people who could work with him had no idea of that. Most data are now known only after a thorough judicial and tax investigation.
The press looks for scandalous news and gossip, and often forget the main thing is the data that really matter to justice.
Regarding the Duke's attorney's offer; Holy, holy, holy cow! In the U.S. that's called witness tampering.
He is one of the defendents, not a witness. No witness tampering here.
Inaki appeared before the court a year ago, on February 6 and 23, 2012.Has Inaki had his day in court yet? There does not seem to be any information from his side of the story. His partner is covering his own behind and can be expected to put spin on it that will color the royal family very poorly. Obviously there were less than ethical dealings going on but I will wait for all involved to tell their side.
Here we say "jamais deux sans trois" meaning never two without three... there has been Beatrix, the Pope.... and now the King of Spain ????
The King does not abdicate now, who knows in the future. Spain currently suffers an economic, institutional and political corruption crisis ... not the time for abdication or severe reforms. You can not add more chaos to chaos ... to think change is necessary to reach a quieter time.
creating a media controversy with private emails that really have little legal validity.
Indeed Lula,agree with you 100%
Indeed Lula,agree with you 100%
If the king stays and weather's the scandal, the monarchy may emerge stronger than before. (Just look at the Windsors...)
Carlota the problem is that the content of the emails shows nothing really criminal, provide data for gossip or controversy but not really criminal.
Iñaki was a former elite athlete with a business career that organized and collaborated with sporting events through a nonprofit organization he
managed. Theoretically everything was legal, and being nonprofit there was no problem in offering all kinds of collaboration. If these acts had been well organized and if the benefits had gone to the association, there would be no problem.
The problem arises when Urdangarin and his partner begin to use the association as a company for their own benefit... and that is where the crime begins. Neither Torres nor Urdangarín recognize they have acted illegally despite all the evidence that exists now after an investigation.
The Royal House knew that Noos existed, could know some of their sports projects, his father in law could provide contacts... that's what the emails provide.
But in any emails shows that they knew something of how the contracts were made, the money they earned, where to invest that money, what other companies they had, to which countries diverted the money... and it is in those actions where is the crime.
without wanting to go off topic I wonder how this is comparable to anything concerning the windsors. Elizabeth is a queen that even a republican can not find fault with.
I see the King's involvement here as more an accessory after the fact. Once he found out about Noos, he got Inaki that neat and lucrative job in Washington, D.C. IMO, any monarch with an ounce of integrity would have forced the S-I-L to come clean and make restitution. He didn't. Instead he tried to cover it up. He could have pressured Inaki and Cristina to sell their mansion years ago when they could have commanded a higher price in an attempt to make that restitution. He didn't.
The question is at what stage or why the King got Inaki the Washington job and to what degree it was a cover up. It could be that the King already knew of criminal activity and pulled him out (no evidence here) or that he or his advisors simply sensed something was going in the wrong direction, without knowing in detail what was going on, and forced Inaki to close Noos down. When Inaki didnt really follow suit, the King lost patience and offered him a highly paid job for compensation (he made an absurd amount of money at telefonica, by no means justified when looking at his qualifications).
I tend to think it was the second scenario, that the King didnt really have hard evidence of crimianl activity that needed cover up but only wanted Inaki out of the way, not anticipating how many bad things would come to light.