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Cuadernos Trial Expands to Twice Weekly as Judges Seek Hybrid Hearings in Larger Courtroom

Prosecutors are reading a 678-page filing detailing roughly 40 alleged cash payments totaling about $7 million that names Cristina Kirchner as the illicit association’s leader.

Overview

  • On day two, the reading advanced to page 383 of prosecutor Fabiana León’s 678-page indictment, which enumerates about 40 alleged bribe operations worth roughly $7 million.
  • TOF 7 will add Tuesday sessions beginning 25 November, moving to two hearings per week after Casación pressed for more frequency and presenciality.
  • The judges said the court is operationally “colapsado,” citing years of unmet requests for space, staff and relief from new case draws, including 29 fresh filings in the past 90 days.
  • Indagatorias will run in a hybrid format with participants present in the ground-floor courtroom at the Palacio de Justicia and others connected by Zoom, for which the tribunal is seeking the Sala de Derechos Humanos.
  • Cristina Kirchner, one of the accused, alleged on social media that cooperating defendants were extorted and tortured and pointed directly at prosecutor Carlos Stornelli.