Overview
- Zbigniew Ziobro announced on Monday that he is accepting protection in Hungary and claimed he faces political persecution by Donald Tusk’s government.
- Prosecutors allege he diverted Justice Fund money, including for the Pegasus spyware system that was reportedly used against domestic opponents.
- He was stripped of parliamentary immunity in November and could face up to 25 years in prison if indicted.
- Poland summoned the Hungarian ambassador on Friday over reports of asylum for Poles, and senior officials condemned Ziobro for avoiding the Polish justice system.
- Hungary’s foreign minister said authorities have granted asylum to several people claiming political persecution in Poland without naming them, and Budapest previously sheltered ex–deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski in 2024.