# Judge Juan Carlos Peinado retires from judiciary 26 September 2026 at 13:51 > The magistrate leading the Begoña Gómez investigation officially retires from Madrid's Juzgado de Instrucción 41 after reaching age 72. The Boletín Oficial del Estado has published the forced retirement of Judge **Juan Carlos Peinado**, effective from Saturday 26 September 2026. The magistrate, who turns 72 on Sunday, concludes a decade leading Madrid's **Juzgado de Instrucción 41** after the [CGPJ](). Peinado recently opened a trial against [Begoña Gómez](), wife of President [Pedro Sánchez](), for alleged influence peddling and embezzlement. His career includes probes into former footballer Raúl González Blanco and the 2016 Usera law firm triple murder case. The retirement ends a tenure marked by high-profile investigations, including the interrogation of the President at La Moncloa. Despite Peinado's request to extend his service, the CGPJ order formalises his departure from the judiciary he joined aged 40. #JuanCarlosPeinado [#BegoñaGómez]() #CGPJ #SpanishJudiciary #MadridCourt ## Related news ## [Begoña Gómez to face trial in September 2026]() 21 September 2026 at 17:00 ## [Bolaños appeals CGPJ decision on Judge Peinado]() 14 September 2026 at 14:25 ## [Begoña Gómez summoned for new court hearing]() 7 September 2026 at 13:29 ## [Begoña Gómez requests acquittal in jury trial]() 4 September 2026 at 16:31 ## [Begoña Gómez summoned to court on 23 October]() 2 September 2026 at 18:34