Prosecutors in Gdańsk Want to Question President Nawrocki as a Witness in Apartment Case

In brief

• Gdańsk prosecutors have asked the presidential chancellery to question President Karol Nawrocki as a witness.
• The letter was sent on 9 November and leaves the choice of date to the president.
• The probe concerns suspected fraud against Jerzy Ż. between 2012 and 2017 and has been extended to 31 December 2026.

Letter sent to the presidential chancellery

The Gdańsk District Prosecutor's Office has sent a letter to the Chancellery of the President of Poland requesting that President Karol Nawrocki be questioned as a witness (Prokuratura w Polsce chce przesłuchać prezydenta Nawrockiego w sprawie mieszkania — RMF24 – ua.news) (Sprawa kawalerki Jerzego Ż. Prokuratura chce przesłuchać prezydenta Karola Nawrockiego – tvn24.pl) (Prokuratura chce przesłuchać Nawrockiego. Pismo do kancelarii prezydenta – RMF24). According to Mariusz Duszyński, spokesman for the Gdańsk District Prosecutor's Office, the letter was dispatched on 9 November (Karol Nawrocki ma być przesłuchany. Chodzi o kawalarkę p. Jerzego – Rzeczpospolita). The decision was taken by a prosecutor from the Gdańsk-Śródmieście District Prosecutor's Office after a notary had been questioned and land register documents had been obtained.

Date and place

Prosecutors have not set a fixed date for the questioning. The choice of date is left to the head of state. The questioning would most likely take place at the president's office.

The investigation

The probe concerns how Nawrocki and his wife acquired a studio flat in Gdańsk. Prosecutors opened the case on 13 June 2025 and are examining a suspicion of fraud against Jerzy Ż. between 2012 and 2017. They are checking whether he was misled about, among other things, payment of the full price for the flat and the intention to provide him with care. The investigation has been extended to 31 December 2026 (Zwrot w sprawie kawalerki pana Jerzego. Prokuratura chce przesłuchać prezydenta Nawrockiego – Onet).

Background

The affair came to light in 2025, when Onet reported during the presidential campaign that Nawrocki, then a candidate, was not the owner of the flat despite earlier statements (Zwrot ws. „kawalerki pana Jerzego". Prokuratura chce przesłuchać Nawrockiego – wiadomosci.radiozet.pl). The story dominated much of the campaign. Some strands of the case have already been discontinued.

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