Judge demands that ex-president appear on camera during the reading of the accusations on the 1st day of the Cuadernos Case
The former president of Argentina Cristina Kirchner (Justicialista Party, left) was scolded during the first day of the Cuadernos case trial on Thursday (6.Nov.2025). The judges demanded that the Peronist appear on camera during the videoconference.
During the reading of the charges, judge Enrique Méndez Signori asked that Kirchner, who is currently serving, appear framed in the image. “Not all of the accused appear on camera. It is the court’s duty to ensure that this reading is done in their presence, so I ask that they do so”said the magistrate.
After the speech, Carlos Beraldi, the Peronist’s lawyer, adjusted the defense’s framing and positioned Cristina Kirchner on the screen.
Watch the moment:
🚨🇦🇷 | The corrupt Cristina Kirchner was hiding from the camera during the virtual oral trial for the Cuadernos case and the judge caught her attention: “Not all of the defendants appear on camera… I ask the people who do not appear on camera to do so.”
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Sessions are held via videoconference. The court will hear 626 witnesses throughout the process. There is no estimate of how much the trial will be analyzed.
NOTEBOOKS CASE
The case is considered one of the biggest corruption lawsuits in Argentine history. In total, there are 87 defendants, including former public servants and businesspeople, accused of allegedly systematically charging bribes for political financing from 2003 to 2015. The investigation began after the publication of notebooks in which amounts, dates and places of money delivery were recorded, attributed to the driver from the Ministry of Federal Planning.
The prosecution claims there was a scheme “organized and stable” linked to public works contracts and that part of the amounts collected would have been destined to finance Kirchnerism. The former president’s defense says that she is a victim of political persecution and that the notebooks are not valid evidence, because they were written later and without guarantees of authenticity.
Cristina Kirchner classified the process as a “show judicial” with the aim of diverting attention from the economic reforms prepared by the government of President Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza, right).
