House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Raskin Demand Answers on Inappropriate Granting of U.S. Visa for Fugitive Former Polish Cabinet Minister

Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche expressing concern over the reported interference by the White House and other senior Trump administration officials to inappropriately grant and expedite a U.S. visa to former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is a fugitive and faces up to 25 years in prison in Poland if convicted on various crimes.

In addition to demanding details on the visa adjudication process for former Minister Ziobro, the Ranking Members called for an in-person briefing for Members of the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees by no later than June 21, 2026.

Read the letter in full here. An excerpt is below.

"We write with deep concern in response to public reports that President Donald Trump, Deputy Secretary of State Landau, and other senior leadership in the Trump Administration may have inappropriately interfered in the visa adjudication process to grant an expedited visa to former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro to help him escape extradition from Hungary to face criminal charges in Poland,"said the Ranking Members.

"If these mounting reports are accurate, these events and decisions constitute a massive abuse of power and disregard for the legal immigration processes of the United States by State Department officials and the White House. Furthermore, they threaten to invite a significant diplomatic crisis with Poland, one of the United States strongest and closest allies," continued the Ranking Members.