Poland investigates how wanted ex-minister Ziobro entered the US

Poland will seek an answer to the question of how the former minister, wanted in a software procurement case, ended up in the USA. Reuters reports this, citing Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maciej Wiewiór, according to UNN.  

We will request both the United States and Hungary to provide the legal and factual grounds on which Zbigniew Ziobro left Hungarian territory, 

According to him, Warsaw will try to find out exactly which document allowed Ziobro to travel to the USA. 

We hope that this situation will be resolved and that it will not affect the very good relations between the United States and Poland, 

Addendum

Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is evading justice, is likely in the USA thanks to a visa obtained from President Donald Trump after fleeing Hungary. 

The Pegasus case is a high-profile political scandal in Poland involving the possible illegal use of spyware during the Law and Justice party's rule. The current government is investigating whether the software was used to monitor political opponents, while the party denies these allegations.

According to the European Parliament, the previous Polish government spent about 25 million zlotys to purchase the Pegasus system, which could have been used to wiretap the mobile phones of at least ten politicians and businessmen.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated that he has evidence of the spyware's use, noting that the number of individuals who may have been targets of surveillance is significant.

In January 2024, the Polish Sejm established an investigative commission to probe possible surveillance of opposition politicians using Pegasus during the Law and Justice administration. The commission is examining the legality and justification of the system's use by the government, special services, and police between November 16, 2015, and November 20, 2023.

At the end of September 2025, one of the figures in the case, Ziobro, was detained at Warsaw airport.