
Political Revenge: Poland Seeks Extradition of Conservative Ex-Minister From U.S.
Former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro says he welcomes scrutiny by the U.S. legal system after the liberal Tusk government formally requested his extradition.

Former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro says he welcomes scrutiny by the U.S. legal system after the liberal Tusk government formally requested his extradition.

Polish prosecutors are preparing an extradition request for former conservative justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who fled to New York on a journalist visa.

Reports describe the process as a direct blow to one Donald—Tusk—by another—Trump.

The Europhile politician is said to be “overdosing on the ‘white powder’ of a warped imagination.”

The move shows “Ziobro has no chance of a fair trial in Poland,” his defense lawyer said.

With prosecutors preparing a European Arrest Warrant, the Ziobro case raises fresh concerns over judicial independence and political retaliation in Poland.

Rejecting claims of criminal wrongdoing, Poland’s former Minister of Justice called the charges a politically motivated attack by the leftist government in Warsaw.

Budapest says “democracy and the rule of law are in crisis in Poland.”

Special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak said that anti-corruption officers were sent to the Lux Veritatis Foundation at the request of the prosecution service.

His supporters say the case reflects a wider campaign to sideline conservatives after the country’s change of government.