Poland Charges 62 Former Government Officials With Misuse of Funds

The right-of-center Law and Justice (PiS) party has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gestures during a press statement with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, ahead of a trilateral meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on March 15, 2024. Annegret Hilse/Reuters

Poland has charged 62 officials from the former government with offenses relating to misuse of funds, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Friday.

“After six months, we have 62 people from the previous ruling elite who have been charged. This has never happened in history before our predecessors,” Tusk said on Friday.