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Jorge Fernández Díaz in 2013

The Kitchen affair (Spanish: caso Kitchen) or Operation Kitchen (for cocina in Spanish) is a political corruption case in Spain involving an alleged police misconduct, espionage and deep state network operated by the Ministry of the Interior under Jorge Fernández Díaz, during the premiership of Mariano Rajoy.[1][2][3]

This alleged conspiracy was attributed responsibility of an operation to steal sensitive information from the former treasurer of the People's Party (PP), Luis Bárcenas, which could harm high-ranking officials of this political party as a result of the Bárcenas affair.[4] The conspiracy also reportedly operated through the so-called "patriotic police," which supposedly spied on people, fabricated evidence, and bribed false witnesses with the complicity of various media outlets that published the fake news and judges who initiated legal proceedings, all with the aim of damaging the personal and family reputations of political rivals, specifically leaders of Podemos (through the so-called "P.I.S.A. report", an acronym for Pablo Iglesias Sociedad Anónima, Pablo Iglesias Inc.),[5][6] pro-Catalan independence politicians (Operation Catalonia),[7][8] and Pedro Sánchez (then the Spanish opposition leader) and his family.[9][10] This alleged conspiracy was referred to as the "Interior Ministry's sewers"[11][12] and the "PP's sewers".[13][14]

Fernández Díaz himself became directly involved in the scandal in June 2016, after leaked recordings showed him and the head of Catalonia's anti-fraud office, Daniel de Alfonso, discussing an alleged plot to fabricate scandals against pro-Catalan independence politicians.[15]

Following the preliminary investigation at the Spanish National Court, the trial began in April 2026.[16][17]

References

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  1. ↑ Jiménez Gálvez, José; Pérez, Fernando Jesús; Urra, Susana (translation) (8 September 2020). "Spanish spying probe points at top Popular Party ex-officials". El País. Madrid. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Romero, José Manuel; Ordaz, Pablo; Íñigo, Domínguez; Urra, Susana (translation) (25 September 2020). "Ten covert police operations that took place under Spain's PP government". El País. Madrid. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Zamorano, Andrea (6 September 2025). "Kitchen, Púnica, or Gürtel: the judicial fronts the PP has open this political year". Ara. Madrid. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "¿Qué es el caso Kitchen?". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Águeda, Pedro; Riveiro, Aitor (14 March 2016). "Este es el informe del Ministerio del Interior sobre la supuesta financiación irregular de Podemos". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Jiménez Gálvez, José (28 March 2019). "El falso informe que trató de tumbar a Podemos en pleno auge". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "ERC y Junts pedirán la comparecencia de Rajoy tras los documentos que le vinculan en la 'operación Cataluña'" (in Spanish). RTVE. Agencias. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Vázquez, Ángeles (15 January 2024). "¿Qué se sabe y qué no de la 'operación Cataluña' y de la implicación de Mariano Rajoy?". El Periódico (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Santamaría, Joseba (1 July 2026). "Kitchen, también de extrema gravedad". Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Pamplona. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Romero, José Manuel (11 July 2026). "El desinterés de jueces y fiscales deja impunes las principales operaciones ilegales de las cloacas del PP". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Guindal, Carlota; Vera, Joaquín (17 July 2022). "Las impunes fechorías de la brigada mediático-policial". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Romero, José Manuel (18 September 2022). "Seis golpes de las cloacas de Interior a independentistas, bajo la lupa judicial". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  13. ↑ Vázquez, Ángeles; José, Rico. "Las cloacas del PP". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Romero, José Manuel (9 December 2025). "Las cloacas del PP: todos los delitos por todas partes menos en el juzgado de García Castellón". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Spanish minister accused of conspiring against political rivals". The Guardian. Madrid. Agence France-Presse. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  16. ↑ San Juan, Noemí (6 April 2026). "Arranca el juicio del caso Kitchen, el presunto espionaje a Bárcenas que lleva al banquillo a la cúpula de Interior de Rajoy" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Spanish ex-minister on trial accused of spying" (in Spanish). Euractiv. Agence France-Presse. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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