Overview
- Oral proceedings will be held by Federal Oral Tribunal No. 7 in Buenos Aires on Thursdays from 9:30 to 13:30 via Zoom, with some sessions streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel.
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is charged as the alleged leader of an illicit association and as co‑author of passive bribery, alongside 19 former officials, two drivers and 65 businessmen.
- The case centers on the notebooks kept by driver Oscar Centeno and includes alleged pay‑to‑play schemes in construction, energy and transport contracting.
- Judges incorporated the complete files of 25 cooperating defendants, including Centeno, whose confessions will form part of the trial record.
- Prosecutors Carlos Stornelli and fiscal general Fabiana León lead the case, while the UIF says it will oppose a reported offer by some businessmen to pay about $40 million to avoid trial.