Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife Begona Gomez on Wednesday dismissed corruption allegations against her as politically motivated, in her first public comments on the saga roiling national politics.

A judge is investigating Gomez for alleged corruption, influence peddling and misappropriation following complaints submitted by groups with far-right ties.

She had remained silent on the affair before appearing before a commission in the conservative-controlled Madrid regional parliament Wednesday, where she described the probes as “fake news”.

“All this has a clear political goal, you only have to look at the list of complainants… the truth will put things in their place,” she said.

Her husband Sanchez says the accusations are unfounded and represent the conservative and far-right opposition’s attempts to undermine his minority left-wing government.

Judge Juan Carlos Peinado’s decision to open an investigation against Gomez in April triggered a political crisis when Sanchez withdrew from official duties for five days and threatened to resign.

A Madrid court has summoned Gomez to testify on December 18 in the misappropriation case, which is related to her time working at the Spanish capital’s Complutense University.

The court postponed the original date of November 18 as Gomez is due to accompany Sanchez at a G20 summit in Brazil.