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Democrats demand Rubio explain visa for wanted former Polish official
The lawmakers said the visa could undermine extradition efforts and trigger a diplomatic crisis with Poland.
- On Friday, Representatives Gregory Meeks and James Raskin asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain whether Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expedited a U.S. visa for former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, enabling his escape from extradition.
- Ziobro fled Poland to Hungary in January, receiving asylum from Prime Minister Viktor Orban before traveling to the United States while facing 26 charges including alleged misuse of crime victims' compensation funds.
- In their letter, Meeks and Raskin wrote that granting the visa represents "an unprecedented level of interference in the domestic politics and judicial systems of two longstanding U.S. treaty allies," referring to Poland and Hungary.
- The lawmakers demanded an in-person briefing by June 21 regarding potential involvement by President Donald Trump or his aides, warning the visa threatened to "invite a significant diplomatic crisis" with Poland.
- If convicted, Ziobro faces up to 25 years in prison; the State Department has not responded to the inquiry, while Polish authorities continue pursuing extradition to bring him to trial.
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The representatives do not understand how the State Department could violate the strict US immigration rules.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the United States' issuance of a visa to former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro could be viewed as "political interference." The minister said he personally expressed the Polish government's "dissatisfaction" in a conversation with a high-ranking U.S. official.
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Two leading Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain whether his first deputy helped expedite visa processing for former Justice Minister and former Polish Attorney General Zbigniew Zobro.
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