The Daily Populous Monday May 11st, 2026 night edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by sr_local

Ziobro confirmed his arrival in the U.S. in an on-air interview with the right-wing Polish broadcaster TV Republika on Sunday evening.

“The United States is freedom,” Ziobro said. “Freedom you can actually fight for.”

Onet reported he had received a U.S. journalist visa linked to the station, which declined to confirm or deny the report. According to Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, Trump personally approved the visa over the objections of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. ambassador in Warsaw, Tom Rose.

During the interview, TV Republika, long sympathetic to Ziobro and his Law and Justice (PiS) party, announced it had hired him as its political commentator in the U.S.

Ziobro called the criminal charges against him “fabricated” and said he would fight extradition before a U.S. court rather than return to Poland. He accused Tusk of interfering in his case, including by posting on social media that Ziobro would be arrested while he still had parliamentary immunity. “Donald Tusk cannot write that tweet” in the United States, he said.

Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said Sunday his ministry would launch extradition proceedings against Ziobro. The foreign ministry said on Sunday it had no official information of his whereabouts, adding that his Polish passport had been revoked. Ziobro told TV Republika he had traveled on an asylum-related document issued by Hungary.

Not_Sure__Camacho on May 10th, 2026 at 13:14 UTC »

"I'm the toughest on crime.....". More like he's the best at crime.

ButterscotchOk5339 on May 10th, 2026 at 13:09 UTC »

Welcomed by both Orban and Trump? Sounds guilty to me.

pixtax on May 10th, 2026 at 13:07 UTC »

“i have the best people.”