“I have officially requested protection,” announced prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek. She claims to be a victim of an “unimaginable hate campaign.”
Barbara Skrzypek, a long-time associate of PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński, passed away on Saturday, March 15. Just a few days earlier, on Wednesday, March 12, she had been questioned as a witness in an investigation concerning the Srebrna company. Prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek conducted the interrogation at the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office.
PAP (Polish Press Agency) asked prosecutor Wrzosek if she had agreed to receive protection to ensure her safety. “Yes. I have officially requested protection due to the countless criminal threats directed against me, incitement to crimes against my person, and an unimaginable campaign of hate and hostility inspired by public figures and politicians,” replied the prosecutor.
Since Monday, the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office, under supervision by the National Prosecutor’s Office, has been investigating the death of Skrzypek. According to preliminary autopsy results provided by prosecutors, the cause of Skrzypek’s death was “circulatory failure due to an extensive infarction of the posterior wall of the heart.”