Argentina's Cristina Fernandez starts graft trial she blasts as 'smokescreen'


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  • Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner looks on in a court room before the start of a corruption trial, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's populist ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner passed through a crowd of ardent supporters and into a Buenos Aires courthouse on Tuesday to undergo a graft trial she derided as a "smokescreen," days after kicking off her campaign for vice president on social media.

Sitting for the first time in the dock of accused, Fernandez faced charges of corruption. Now a senator with a significant following, she reportedly entered the courthouse while being shielded from journalists by crowds of supporters who formed a "human wall."

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