Operation Marquis: Vítor Escária says he does not know whether Sócrates was paid to influence
Questioned as a witness in the Operation Marquis trial, Vítor Escária confirmed that José Sócrates asked him to intercede with Venezuelan authorities to expedite payments to the Lena Group.
Operation Marquis. Luís Rosa: "The court's decision is lawful"
Lawyer José Preto withdrew from Sócrates's defence because the judge did not suspend the proceedings despite his illness. Luís Rosa, lead writer at Observador, says the court's decision was lawful.
Operation Marquis: Sócrates's lawyer resigns and requests 20 days for the former prime minister to appoint a new defence lawyer
José Preto will replace lawyer Pedro Delille at the end of November 2025; Delille had represented José Sócrates since his arrest in November 2014.
Operation Marquis: Court of Appeal rules that the ancillary case should be tried separately
The decision to split the proceedings stems from the pre-trial instruction order in the main case issued in April 2021 by Judge Ivo Rosa, then at the Central Criminal Court of Instruction.
