Gdańsk prosecutors want to question President Nawrocki as witness in flat case

Prosecutors ask for the president's testimony

Gdańsk prosecutors want President Karol Nawrocki to testify as a witness in an investigation into a studio flat he took over in Gdańsk. Onet first reported the request, and the spokesman for the Gdańsk regional prosecutor's office confirmed it to PAP. On 9 November prosecutors wrote to the Presidential Chancellery asking it to propose a convenient date and place for the questioning. Prosecutors set no date themselves, leaving the choice to the head of state, and the questioning would most likely take place at the presidential seat.

Spokesman Mariusz Duszyński gave the reason for the request:

“After analysing the evidence gathered in the case, the prosecutor found it justified to question President Karol Nawrocki as a witness.”

The 2012 flat deal

Jerzy Ż. had lived in a municipal flat in Gdańsk since 1997 and applied in 2010 to buy it. On 24 January 2012 he signed a preliminary sale agreement with Karol and Marta Nawrocki before a notary, and the document confirms a payment of 120,000 zł for the 28.5 square metre flat. In an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski, Nawrocki said the sum was not paid at once but in instalments, which he used to help Jerzy Ż. with daily life, and that a lump-sum payment could have endangered the man's health and life. The couple later passed the flat to a charitable foundation. During the 2025 presidential campaign Onet reported that, despite earlier declarations, Nawrocki owned two flats; Nawrocki and his team said he took the flat over from an elderly man in exchange for care, and Jerzy Ż. later went to a social care home.

The investigation

The Gdańsk-Śródmieście district prosecutor's office opened the case on 13 June 2025 to check whether Jerzy Ż. was defrauded between 2012 and 2017. Investigators are establishing whether he was misled about the full price and about any intention to provide him with care. Three notifications reached prosecutors: from Magdalena Biejat, Senate deputy marshal, from a private person, and from Gdańsk mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz. Prosecutors declined to open proceedings on seven strands, some of which were dropped because the limitation period had expired. Several dozen witnesses have been questioned, including the notary behind the 2012 agreement, whom a court released from notarial confidentiality in June or early July, depending on the report. The notary testified in September, and the investigation period has now been extended to 31 December 2026.

A former carer and her criminal record

Onet has again cited a former carer of Jerzy Ż., a woman, who during the campaign questioned whether the Nawrockis had paid for the flat at all. Niezależna.pl and Telewizja Republika, which first exposed her record, report that she received a final sentence of three years in prison for fraud and had earlier convictions for fraud and document-related offences. Police detained her in July 2026 and took her to prison to serve the sentence. According to Niezależna.pl, Onet's new article quotes her again without mentioning these convictions.

What happens next

The prosecutors are waiting for the Presidential Chancellery to propose a date and place for the questioning. None of the reports include a response from the Chancellery or from Nawrocki to the request. The investigation runs until 31 December 2026, and the reports mention no charges against anyone.