Overview
- Tribunal Oral Federal 7 reconvened Tuesday to continue the formal reading of the prosecution’s case and cooperating statements.
- Declarations from arrepentidos placed Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as the alleged head of the collection system and identified Julio De Vido as a central organizer.
- Ernesto Clarens said he gathered illicit payments from construction firms and transferred the funds to the late presidential secretary Daniel Muñoz.
- Clarens described handovers at the Hotel Panamericano and at the Kirchners’ residence at Juncal and Uruguay, noting larger sums were delivered at the home and that Muñoz requested €500 bills.
- He recounted money routed from Aeroparque to El Calafate and funds set aside for Lázaro Báez, as the court manages a case with 86 defendants and 540 alleged episodes, with the reading projected to conclude by December 2.