A few weeks ago, police detained (and handcuffed) a prominent Polish lawyer, Roman Giertych. They searched his house - looking, he has said, not for documents to do with his “case”, but for evidence he had been gathering about government corruption. https://t.co/S0AEjSduTJ

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) November 25, 2020

In response the national prosecutor has said: ‘Courts will not stop us.” In other words: *we are going to get him, one way or another. If this case falls apart, we’ll find another one.* https://t.co/sSyELZoHr7

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) November 25, 2020