“I would love to see those filthy trash who carry journalist credentials (95%) come out to defend what these two criminals did. I hope this reaches those responsible,” he posted Javier Milei on his personal X account. On social networks and with those words, the president shared an image of the journalists Luciana Geuna and Nacho Salerno, in which the inscription was visible: “Casa Militar denounced Geuna and Salerno of TN for threatening national security.”
The flyer shared by the president, designed by the user @MedicenElJefe, He explained that television journalists “they made a hidden camera without prior authorization.” In addition, the same digital account added: “The disastrous era of journalistic operettas without consequences is over.” A message that Milei himself titled: “Disgusting Garbage.”
The criminal complaint filed by the Military House against the Todo Noticias communicators arose after the broadcast of a television report that included images obtained through a hidden camera inside the Casa Rosada, headquarters of the Executive Branch. According to the judicial presentation, the axis of the accusation is the alleged commission of crimes linked to the revelation of political and military secrets, within the framework of regulations that protect the security of the State.
The episode occurred from a report broadcast on the program “And Tomorrow What?”, where tours of corridors, internal transit areas and common use sectors of the government building were shown. The material, according to the complaint, would have been registered “surreptitious”that is, without authorization from the authorities or knowledge of security personnel, even through covert devices such as smart glasses.
The Military House – the body responsible for presidential custody and security in the Government House – maintained that the filming not only violated current administrative regulations for accredited journalists, but also exposed sensitive information: surveillance systems, access control devices, circulation routines and location of official offices. According to the judicial text, this type of data could facilitate the development of intelligence on the movements of the president and officials, generating a specific risk for national security.
The legal framework mentioned in the complaint refers to articles 222 and 223 of the Argentine Penal Code, which sanction the obtaining or disclosure of political or military secrets, as well as provisions of the National Intelligence Law. In that sense, the document maintains that the investigated conduct could have created “conditions for revealing state secrets” and exposed officials to unjustified risks.
A central point of the conflict lies in the regulations that regulate journalistic activity within the Casa Rosada. Accredited reporters must comply with a regulation that expressly prohibits recording images or videos in unauthorized spaces. The current resolution considers this conduct a “serious misconduct”, subject to sanctions such as suspension or revocation of accreditation. The government argued that the hidden camera directly violated these provisions, by evading security controls and operating outside the circuits authorized for the press.
In journalistic terms, the hidden camera constitutes an investigative tool that is usually justified based on the public interest, especially when it allows the revelation of facts that could not be known through open means. However, in this case the controversy revolves around whether that public interest can prevail over restrictions linked to presidential security. For the Military House, the maneuver was not limited to showing institutional aspects, but implied an intrusion into sensitive areas whose dissemination is regulated precisely to avoid vulnerabilities.
During his administration, Milei has repeatedly used his account on the social network X to question and disqualify journalists, including several from the TN channel itself. These episodes have included direct insults, accusations of operating politically and general delegitimization of professional journalism, in line with a confrontation strategy that transfers the political conflict to the media arena.
Although the hidden camera episode constitutes one of the most extreme cases due to its judicial derivation, it is part of a broader series of verbal attacks by the president against critical reporters and analysts, often amplified from his personal networks. Thus, the Military House’s complaint combines legal elements, institutional security and political dispute.
In parallel, the national government maintains that the dissemination of the material compromised strategic information and violated explicit regulations. The case opens a broader debate about the growing tension between political power and the media in recent Argentina.
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