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Handout photo released by the Argentinian Senate’s press office showing former Argentine president (2007-2015) and senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivering a speech during a session at the Congress in Buenos Aires on August 22, 2018. LUCIANO INGARAMO / Prensa Senado / AFP

 

Ex-president Cristina Kirchner has been called back to court for a second time in Argentina’s largest corruption case following a search of her homes last week, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Asked to confirm reports that she is to re-appear before anti-corruption judge Claudio Bonadio on Monday, her lawyer Gregorio Dalbon said, “yes, it’s true.”

Kirchner first went before Bonadio on August 13 as part of the investigation into the so-called “corruption notebooks” case.

Prosecutors believe the 65-year-old senator was one of the main beneficiaries of tens of millions of dollars in bribes in return for public works contracts during her 2007-2015 presidency.

Kirchner sought to downplay the…



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