Justice minister revokes delegation of Presidential Chancellery chief's wife, sparking accusations of political revenge

The decision

Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek revoked the delegation of Julita Dziedzic-Bogucka from the Szczecin branch of the National Prosecutor's Office, where she had worked on organised crime and corruption cases since 2017. The one-sentence decree was signed on 11 June and takes effect on 30 September, respecting a three-month notice period. After the delegation ends, Dziedzic-Bogucka will return to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin.

Rzeczniczka Prokuratora Generalnego Anna Adamiak stated that Żurek acted within his statutory powers and that such personnel decisions never include a justification. She confirmed the three-month notice requirement was met.

The political context

Julita Dziedzic-Bogucka is the wife of Zbigniew Bogucki, a former PiS MP and West Pomeranian voivode who became head of the Presidential Chancellery under President Karol Nawrocki in 2025. Bogucki has been an active critic of the governing coalition in parliament, and media reports note that coalition politicians began targeting his wife months before the revocation.

“You are a lawyer, and your wife as well, in public service, so you are aware how many cases are pending at the prosecutor's office.”

In March 2026, Bartosz Arłukowicz suggested during a Polsat broadcast that authorities should "take an interest in Mr Bogucki's wife" in connection with her professional duties. Bogucki responded at the time that the coalition was attacking family members, comparing it to previous attacks on the First Lady and the wife of Marshal Hołownia.

Accusations of a revenge campaign

Former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro called Żurek's move an "open crusade of revenge" aimed at Bogucki, who he said had "regularly crushed" Żurek on substantive grounds in parliament. Ziobro described Dziedzic-Bogucka as a respected prosecutor known for dismantling VAT fraud networks.

“Now he shamelessly takes revenge on the wife of a presidential minister, a respected prosecutor valued for her professionalism and effectiveness in breaking up VAT mafias. Żurek could not forgive Minister Bogucki for regularly crushing him on the merits in the Sejm, so he decided to hit below the belt, at his family.”

Radio Wnet reported that the decision may be linked to Bogucki's recent hours-long interrogation at the National Prosecutor's Office in an investigation concerning presidential ministers' "complicity" in the swearing-in of Constitutional Tribunal judges.

Legal competence questions

Ustawa Prawo o prokuraturze assigns oversight of the organised crime and corruption division to Deputy Prosecutor General Beata Marczak, not the Prosecutor General directly. Radio Wnet reported that Marczak opposes some of the personnel changes Żurek is implementing. The outlet questioned whether Żurek had the legal authority to revoke Dziedzic-Bogucka's delegation, given that the organised crime division is not her home unit and falls under Marczak's supervision.

Broader personnel purges

The revocation fits a wider pattern of removals under Żurek. Radio Wnet noted that six prosecutors from the Silesian branch and Jan Drelewski from the Masovian branch were also recently dismissed. The outlet characterised these as wholesale removals of prosecutors identified with the PiS government period.

Michał Sopiński, the rector of the Academy of Justice whom Żurek dismissed but who continues performing his duties, called the move further evidence of living in a "crypto-dictatorship" with nothing in common with a democratic state governed by the rule of law.

Asset disclosure details

Julita Dziedzic-Bogucka's 2024 asset declaration, publicly available online, shows she co-owned four apartments (78.66 m², 57.62 m², 34.93 m², and 60.70 m²), held approximately 235,000 zł in savings plus 36,500 euros, owned a 2016 Kia Optima Kombi and a 2008 Peugeot 207, and held 720 shares in a brokerage account. Her liabilities included a Swiss franc-indexed mortgage with approximately 102,000 CHF remaining (about 469,000 zł at current rates). She also declared rental income from three parking spaces, though the amounts were redacted.