Overview
- Judge Loretta Preska reaffirmed a production order for private emails and WhatsApp communications of senior officials from the Milei and Fernández administrations.
- She rejected Argentina’s constitutional and sovereign‑immunity objections as a dilatory strategy and kept the Oct. 30 deadline in place.
- Failure to comply could lead to sanctions against Argentina, including adverse inferences or contempt measures.
- Plaintiffs are probing ties between the state and YPF, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Enarsa, Arsat, Banco Nación and the Central Bank to support asset‑attachment efforts.
- The discovery fight runs alongside Argentina’s appeal of roughly US$16 billion tied to the 2012 YPF expropriation, with an appellate hearing set for Oct. 29 and further briefs in November and December.