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Prosecutor Imputes President Milei and Allies in Campaign of Harassment Against Julia Mengolini

Judge Lino Mirabelli has delegated the probe to prosecutor Fernando Domínguez with orders to secure social-media data to test if public funds backed the harassment.

Overview

  • Domínguez has charged President Javier Milei, Deputy Lilia Lemoine and libertarian figures including Santiago Oría, Daniel Parisini and Alejandro Sarubbi Benítez in the case.
  • Judge Lino Mirabelli ordered protective measures for journalist Julia Mengolini, granting her police custody and a panic alert device after she testified about death threats and a viral deepfake.
  • The court authorized subpoenas and evidence-collection requests to social-media companies to trace the origin, circulation and financier of threatening messages and disinformation.
  • Investigators are probing whether a state-linked network coordinated and financed the online attacks using public resources to intimidate government critics.
  • The inquiry remains in its evidence-gathering phase with no convictions as prosecutors assess the scope of possible state misuse in Argentina’s polarized political climate.