{"id":3994,"date":"2026-06-19T13:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/ziobro-discloses-us-location-as-european-arrest-warrant-faces-legal-hurdle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:56:35","slug":"ziobro-discloses-us-location-as-european-arrest-warrant-faces-legal-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/ziobro-discloses-us-location-as-european-arrest-warrant-faces-legal-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ziobro Discloses US Location as European Arrest Warrant Faces Legal Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro has submitted a formal statement to a Warsaw court confirming his residence in the United States, casting doubt on the validity of a pending European Arrest Warrant.  <\/p>\n<h4>The European Arrest Warrant Complication<\/h4>\n<p>The District Court in Warsaw is currently evaluating a potential European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for Zbigniew Ziobro. Legal experts suggest the request may be rejected because the EAW process is specifically designed for cooperation between European Union member states.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Anna Ptaszek confirmed that the court is verifying the former minister&#8217;s actual location. Because Ziobro is currently in the United States, critics argue that issuing an EAW within the EU framework could be deemed legally baseless.<\/p>\n<h4>Court Review and Documentation<\/h4>\n<p>Ziobro\u2019s defense attorney has officially filed a motion requesting the court dismiss the EAW application. The motion includes a declaration from the former minister stating he entered the U.S. legally and providing a specific locality, though the court has not publicly disclosed the exact city.<\/p>\n<p>The court has reached out to the National Prosecutor&#8217;s Office to clarify the actions taken to track the politician and identify which travel documents he is currently utilizing.<\/p>\n<h4>Background on the Legal Proceedings<\/h4>\n<p>The prosecution intends to level 26 charges against Ziobro concerning the management of the Justice Fund. Ziobro maintains his innocence, characterizing the proceedings as a politically motivated campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Ziobro departed Milan for the U.S. using a foreign media visa. Reports indicate he has since joined Telewizja Republika as a political commentator. Previously, the politician resided in Hungary, which he left following political shifts in the country. A district court approved his arrest in February, but the decision is not yet final due to pending appeals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro has submitted a formal statement to a Warsaw court confirming his residence in the United States, casting doubt on the validity of a pending European Arrest Warrant. The European Arrest Warrant Complication The District Court in Warsaw is currently evaluating a potential European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for Zbigniew Ziobro. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}