Overview
- Federal Oral Tribunal No. 7, composed of Enrique Méndez Signori, Germán Castelli and Fernando Canero, rejected her bid for dismissal and cleared the case for an oral, public trial.
- Proceedings are scheduled to open at 9:30 a.m. on November 6 at Comodoro Py with weekly Thursday hearings, 630 admitted witnesses and about 147 defendants.
- Prosecutor Fabiana León opposed dismissal, arguing that res judicata applies only to concrete, identical facts and that Cuadernos is not the same event as Vialidad.
- The case centers on alleged illicit association and bribery tied to a scheme prosecutors say operated between 2003 and 2015, originating in chauffeur Oscar Centeno’s notebook records.
- Kirchner is currently serving a six‑year term of home detention and a lifetime ban from public office stemming from the Vialidad conviction, and the Cuadernos trial is expected to run well into 2026.