Spanish Prime Minister Embroiled in Ever-Widening Corruption Scandal. 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been embroiled in an ever-expanding corruption scandal. According to a report in the Guardian, Sanchez’s younger brother David is facing allegations of influence and misuse of public office in a trial that started today. The specific allegation is that in 2017, when his brother was the head of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), but not yet the Prime Minister, David Sanchez, who is a music composer, was given a job as the music coordinator for a group of public music schools in the southwestern Spanish province of Badajoz. On top of that, Sanchez’s wife, Begona Sanchez, is facing allegations that she used her influence to secure a position at Madrid’s Complutense University and to use her husband’s connections to further her own career.  Sanchez’s predecessor and close ally is also facing a massive corruption scandal involving the £46 million government bailout of Plus Ultra, a Spanish airline with reported links to Venezuela. It is unclear what will happen next, but there are already several other corruption scandals involving Sanchez either directly or indirectly, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he is removed from power one way or another.