A contractor who carried out structural reforms on a house in a gated community purchased by Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni in 2024 said the government official spent US$245,000 on the works.

Architect Matías Tabar’s statement was part of the testimony he gave to prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita during an inquiry that is investigating the chief of staff for alleged illicit enrichment.

The ongoing case is looking into the assets and expenditures of Adorni and his wife Bettina Angeletti, since the Milei government came into power in December 2023.

The investigation began shortly after the press revealed that Adorni had taken his wife on an official trip to New York alongside President Javier Milei, travelling on the presidential plane.

While a court decided no crime was committed on that occasion, the scandal escalated as more trips made by the........

© Buenos Aires Herald