Spain’s PM declines to testify in wife’s graft probe, files lawsuit

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declined to testify on Tuesday as a witness in a judicial investigation into alleged corruption and influence peddling against his wife that led him to consider resigning in April, lawyers present at the hearing said. Sanchez has repeatedly denied the accusations against her, saying they were baseless and orchestrated by right-wing political foes, and on Tuesday, the state attorney’s office filed a lawsuit on his behalf against the investigating judge for alleged malfeasance.