Fernández angrily denounced the accusations as political persecution and blamed the outgoing administration of President Mauricio Macri. “History has absolved me, and history is going to absolve me,” she told the three judges. Fernández is accused of heading of an illegal association that improperly awarded 51 public works contracts to the construction company led businessman Lázaro Báez. Among the defendants are former Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido, former Public Works Secretary José López and ex-officials with the national roads agency. She said at the time that she was “going to prove the imputation is false.“

Source: thestar December 02, 2019 20:45 UTC