PANews reported on February 16 that KIP Protocol tweeted in response to the statement of the Argentine President's Office, stating that Mauricio Novelli was not a member of the KIP Protocol team in the past and had never joined. Novelli is the founder of TechForum Argentina, which KIP Protocol sponsored in October 2024. KIP Protocol never had any meeting with Javier Milei in January 2025.

Earlier news , the Argentine presidential office claimed that the president had asked the anti-corruption office to intervene and set up an investigative team.