Why is news in Spanish court say calling you boss a expletive is fine?”
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon faced accusations of malpractice over his investigation of thousands of disappearances during Spain’s Civil War in a case that could end a career that has brought him international fame. Garzon, who appeared as a defendant in the Supreme Court, is best known for his attempt to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the late 1990s to face charges of human rights abuses over his rule following a bloody 1973 coup. A court spokesman said if the case finally went to trial, Garzon could be charged and risks being banned from practising as a judge. Garzon was questioned for three and half hours but left the court to cheers and applause from children and grandchildren of civil war victims. The proceedings were prompted by a lawsuit filed by the conservative public employees’ union Manos Limpias and the group Libertad e Identidad on the grounds Garzon had no jurisdiction to investigate the disappearances. Widely despised by Spanish
