A journalist photographs the screen of a press area as Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy testifies as a witness in the Gurtel corruption trial in San Fernando de Henares, outside Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Chema Moya/Pool
SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday denied any knowledge of an illegal financing scheme within his conservative People's Party (PP) and said he not taken any illicit payments, as he testified in court in a long-running corruption case.
Rajoy is the first sitting premier in Spain to be called to court as a witness. The trial centres on graft allegations involving businesses and small city councils, but it has tainted the PP and led to allegations of a slush fund within the party.
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