Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who has been investigating Begoña Gómez for over a year, has recently corrected a resolution he signed on Monday. Initially, he had requested the Intervention General of the State Administration (IGAE) to draft a report concerning Globalia, the owner of Air Europa—an airline rescued by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government during the coronavirus pandemic. However, the judge acknowledged his mistake in the document, clarifying that he meant to refer to Innova Next, a company linked to businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés, who is implicated in the case and approved by the Audiencia. Consequently, Peinado instructed the Civil Guard not to prepare the report on Air Europa's rescue that he had previously ordered. This move comes after the Provincial Court of Madrid advised him thrice to halt this investigative line due to insufficient evidence.

According to EL PAÍS, Judge Peinado became entangled in his inquiries about Globalia. On Monday, he issued a new resolution maintaining the request for the IGAE to conduct an analysis on Globalia. He argued that the Audiencia of Madrid had authorized the IGAE to perform this analysis. He asserted that he had made this request through another resolution dated June 24, 2024, also seeking information from the SEPI regarding Air Europa's bailout. Nonetheless, that June 24 resolution did not ask the IGAE for a Globalia report, but rather one about Innova Next.

Following the media publication of the resolution's contents on Tuesday, sources close to Judge Peinado acknowledged that the document's "spirit" was to adhere to the path outlined by the Provincial Court: excluding Air Europa and Globalia from the case and focusing solely on Innova Next. Despite this, Peinado only rectified his document on Friday, and according to legal sources, he remained determined not to amend his ruling as of Wednesday.

The Audiencia had already informed the judge on three occasions that there was no evidence to investigate Begoña Gómez's connection with Air Europa's rescue. "These matters are excluded from the current proceedings," it reiterated on May 13. Moreover, it instructed that if Peinado found new criminal indications, he should "deduce testimony" so that the matter could be distributed among all Madrid's instruction courts, as per the law.

Despite these directives, Peinado persisted for months with his investigation into Air Europa, defying the superior court's conclusions. The Audiencia initially blocked this path in May of the previous year, deeming the suspicions mere "conjectures." It reiterated this stance in October 2024. However, Peinado continued his pursuit. In fact, at the beginning of May this year, he rejected several appeals from the prosecution and defense seeking to halt his decision to continue this part of the inquiry.