Argentine prosecutor moves to charge president in political scandal

February 14, 2015 01:49

A federal prosecutor in Argentina on Friday revived the explosive accusations leveled by Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped the country, by seeking to charge President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner with covering up a secret negotiations to shield Iranians from responsibility over a 1994 bombing.

Putting Kirchner on the defensive, the move by the prosecutor, Gerardo Pollicita, prevents the 289-page criminal complaint that Nisman had filed against Kirchner before his death last month from languishing in Argentina's legal system.

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