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Overview
- Judges halted the first virtual session to insist every defendant be visible on camera, prompting Cristina Kirchner’s lawyer to adjust her feed.
- Prosecutors say Kirchner received 38 illegal payments totaling about US$17 million tied to public-works contracting.
- The case covers 87 defendants, including 65 business executives and 22 former officials, and relies heavily on Óscar Centeno’s detailed notebooks and cooperating witnesses.
- Hearings are scheduled weekly by videoconference with 626 witnesses expected to testify.
- Kirchner remains under house arrest from a separate conviction and could see additional prison time if found guilty, while her defense alleges political persecution and disputes the notebooks after recent appeals were rejected.