Since the court in the Pujol trial accepted that José Manuel Villarejo and other members of the patriotic police would testify as witnesses, there was a lot of expectation –especially in the media– about what they would say. They were to answer about the obtaining of banking information from the family of the former president of the Generalitat, which was leaked to El Mundo, and about the genesis of the criminal case, which started more than ten years ago. However, they have provided few specifics, few certainties, and many shadows of doubt on all the questions the defense attorneys have asked them. With contradictory statements that have been denied by journalistic investigations and revelations in recent years.

Since the Pujol case trial court accepted that José Manuel Villarejo and other members of the patriotic police When they testified as witnesses, there was much anticipation—more from the media than the courts—to hear what they would say. They had to answer questions about the maneuvers they carried out to illegally obtain banking information from the family of the former president of the Generalitat—information that was leaked to The World—and regarding the origins of the criminal case—which began more than ten years ago following a complaint filed by Vicky Álvarez, the eldest son's former lover, encouraged by Villarejo. However, the four witnesses who have testified have provided few concrete details and few certainties, and instead have offered a display of evasiveness and sown many shadows of doubt.

"The party of Begoña Gómez's husband, Sabiniano Gómez's son-in-law, David Azagra's brother, José Luis Ábalos's head of government, and Santos Cerdán's leader in the PSOE is extremely concerned about the indictment of a minister who served as such more than seven years ago and who has no working ties to Feijóo's team or the current PP." This was the message the PP communicated to reporters at 12:30 p.m. this Thursday, just an hour before announcing that Cristóbal Montoro had resigned from the party. The sour tone shows that the case has fallen like a bomb in Génova, since if we add this scandal to the fact that Pedro Sánchez emerged alive from the parliamentary appearance on July 9, the result is that the momentum from the PP congress two weeks ago has evaporated in a flash. In football terms, it's like having the match tied right at the end of the first half after leading 2-0. It's true that the second half is still to come, but the mood isn't the same.