Overview
- Judges set the opening phase to read the elevation-to-trial records on November 6, 13 and 20, then November 27, December 4 and 11, with all defendants required to connect.
- Hearings will run on Thursdays from 9:30 to 13:30 by Zoom, some streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel, with Tuesday sessions slated to be added from March 3, 2026.
- The prosecution led by Fiscal General Fabiana León alleges Kirchner headed an illicit association and carried out 204 acts of passive bribery in a case listing 86 defendants and more than 440 witnesses.
- Cristina Kirchner is expected to appear remotely from San José 1111, as the court begins by reading indictments before moving to statements, witness testimony and closing arguments.
- The court denied businessman Patricio Gerbi’s bid for probation after the fiscalía opposed it, and a reported 25 cooperating witnesses are expected to uphold prior confessions or risk losing benefits.