MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival.

The court banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from his post for two years in a split vote of 5-2.

The decision is a blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who defended García Ortiz during the monthslong investigation and trial. Spain’s government said that it “respected the decision but does not share it.”

García Ortiz was accused of having leaked an email to journalists and written a press release with personal information about Alberto González Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud. That tax inquiry remains open.

González Amador is the p

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