Pressure Grows on Spain’s Leader After Police Raid His Party Office

Government

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain faced growing pressure on Thursday to call early elections, a day after police officers spent about 12 hours at the headquarters of his Socialist Party investigating whether its members had surreptitiously funded a mudslinging campaign against judges involved in cases against the government and members of Mr. Sánchez’s family. Judge Santiago Pedraz of the National Court, who ordered the police operation, accused the party of keeping a de facto criminal