Nawrocki, who was recently elected as Poland’s next president, is under scrutiny in three separate probes led by prosecutors in the Baltic city of Gdańsk, Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Thursday.
It said the inquiries concern his previous role as head of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk.
The cases focus on the disappearance of museum catalogues, Nawrocki's alleged personal use of an apartment owned by the institution, and a disputed real estate transaction in which he acquired a flat from an elderly man in exchange for a promise of lifelong care, according to the newspaper.
Gazeta Wyborcza notes that under Poland’s constitution and other laws, once Nawrocki assumes office, he will be immune from prosecution by ordinary courts and can only be held accountable before the State Tribunal, a special judicial body tasked with trying top state officials.
This means prosecutors may continue their investigations only in rem - into the matter itself - but cannot press charges or issue an indictment against the president.
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Opublikowany przez Gazeta Wyborcza Środa, 11 czerwca 2025
Nawrocki, a Eurosceptic backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, won the presidency in a tightly contested runoff, with 50.89 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating pro-European, centrist candidate Rafał Trzaskowski, who secured 49.11 percent.
The margin between the two candidates was 369,451 votes.
The second round also saw a spike in invalid ballots - 189,294 in total, more than double the number in the first round.
According to the legal news site prawo.pl, the most common reason was voters marking an “X” next to both candidates’ names.
More than 293,000 people have signed a public petition demanding a vote recount.
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Source: IAR/Gazeta Wyborcza/prawo.pl/X/@PrawoPLserwis
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