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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected claims of systemic corruption in his Socialist party after a senior former aide received a prison sentence over a graft investigation.
A Spanish court has handed a 24-year prison sentence to Jose Luis Abalos, the former transport minister and one-time confidant of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in connection with corruption charges.
Spain's former prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero faces court hearings on influence peddling charges, marking an extraordinary legal moment for a former socialist leader and intensifying scrutiny of the country's ruling left-wing government.