Overview
- The Comisión del Jurado de Enjuiciamiento voted unanimously to admit the accusation after an admissibility hearing held at the Senate’s Salón Dorado in La Plata.
- The decision triggers immediate suspension, a 40% withholding of her salary, and blocks acceptance of her resignation during the proceedings.
- Jurors rejected three last‑minute defense motions, including the recusal of provincial Supreme Court president Hilda Kogan and challenges to the jury’s composition following a senator’s resignation.
- Makintach’s defense signaled it will seek relief before the national Supreme Court and contends that co‑judges Maximiliano Savarino and Verónica Di Tomasso were aware of the filming.
- Prosecutors in San Isidro are pursuing a parallel criminal investigation into alleged ties with the ‘Justicia Divina’ production, as petitions seek scrutiny of the other two judges from the annulled trial.