Overview

• Former ANDIS chief Diego Spagnuolo handed a pendrive of recordings to federal prosecutor Franco Picardi, shifting the scandal from media leaks to a formal criminal probe.
• Spagnuolo retained criminal‑economics attorney Ignacio Rada Schultze, while people close to him say he fears for his safety and is weighing testifying as a cooperating witness.
• The executive kept the agency under intervention with Alejandro Vilches and launched audits of contracts and exceptional purchases, saying it will provide those materials to the court rather than file its own complaint for now.
• President Javier Milei publicly rejected the accusations as false and said he would take Spagnuolo to court, as officials maintain support for Karina Milei and keep Eduardo ‘Lule’ Menem in his post.
• Political fallout widened fissures in the PRO—Cristian Ritondo backed the president as María Eugenia Vidal demanded explanations—and new polling shows declining approval and corruption rising as a top voter concern.