Cristina Kirchner’s ‘Notebooks’ Corruption Trial Opens in Argentina

Overview

• Prosecutors read the indictment to start proceedings that will run largely by videoconference and are expected to stretch for years.
• The case alleges a bribery-for-contracts network, with defendants including former officials and dozens of business executives.
• Key evidence stems from a ministry driver’s notebooks dating to 2018 revelations alongside testimony from businessmen who turned state’s witness.
• Kirchner remains under house arrest from a separate conviction and rejects the charges, calling the process political persecution.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office describes it as Argentina’s most extensive corruption probe, as the opening follows recent setbacks for Peronists and gains for President Javier Milei’s party.