Argentina federal judge bars publication of audios attributed to Milei's sister

Reuters ^ | September 1, 2025 2:21 PM CDT | Leila Miller

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BUENOS AIRES, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A federal civil court judge in Argentina on Monday barred media outlets from publishing audio recordings that were made inside the presidential palace, presumably of the sister of President Javier Milei, as the government weathers a storm of corruption allegations heading into elections.

The president's spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, posted on social media a court order that prohibits distribution of the audios recorded inside the Casa Rosada presidential palace via media outlets or social media platforms.

The government had filed a complaint in federal court against an "operation of illegal intelligence with the aim of destabilizing the country in the middle of an election campaign," Adorni said.

The recordings included private conversations of officials, including the president's sister, Karina Milei, who is also chief of staff, Adorni said.

The federal judge's order comes as Milei's government faces allegations of corruption after a separate series of audio recordings were leaked to local news outlets in August.

The recordings barred by the federal judge on Monday were already published on a streaming platform, according to Argentine newspaper La Nacion. In them, Karina Milei can allegedly be heard addressing her staff about labor issues.

"We have to be united," she was heard saying, according to the paper.

Milei's government is on wobbly political ground heading into the October midterm elections, which are an opportunity to expand his government from its current minority. The midterms are preceded by local elections in Buenos Aires province on September 7, currently dominated by the Peronist opposition.

In the audio recordings leaked in August, which sparked a political scandal, Diego Spagnuolo, the then-head of Argentina's disability agency, can allegedly be heard discussing bribery within the agency. He alludes to Karina Milei as receiving payments.

The president, who fired Spagnuolo after the audios surfaced, has dismissed the recordings as a_lie...

[Srednik]

While no one is perfect, Milei is a BUZILLION times better than the former regime.

If the former regime and its sponsors are crying “Corruption!” it epitomizes the psychological phenomenon of projection.

[gibsonguy]

Reuters of course. The left/globalists are trying to take him out. This is just a small part of it.

[zeestephen]

The Political Left is working 24-7, on every continent, to destroy any government that even pretends to be Conservative.

[The Great RJ]

I recently asked a neighbor who recently returned from Argentina and whose wife is Argentine about how things were in Argentina. He said that Meili and his family were corrupt just like Trump. I should have not been surprised since he had a Harris Walz sign in his yard last year.