Tusk orders government inquiry into possible Polish links to Epstein scandal

Poland has become the first country to establish a government commission to investigate potential connections between Polish citizens and individuals linked to disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The decision was signed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk following the release of new Epstein-related documents in the United States.

According to Rzeczpospolita, the commission will review information concerning possible contacts between Polish nationals and figures from Epstein’s circle named in materials published by US courts and media outlets. Special focus will be placed on cases tied to the modelling industry. Documents from the US Department of Justice suggest that young women may have been recruited through modelling agencies in Eastern Europe, including Poland, for trips abroad.

The published materials do not currently contain specific names of Polish politicians or business figures.

Commenting on the investigation, Prime Minister Tusk said the Epstein files warrant particular attention for political and security reasons.

“More and more commentators and experts consider it highly likely that this was an operation by Russian intelligence services — a so-called honey trap set for Western elites, mainly American ones,” Tusk said.

He added that Epstein had access to large sums of money whose origins remain unclear. Tusk also pointed out that, according to The Telegraph, the released documents include 1,056 references mentioning Vladimir Putin and more than 9,000 mentions of Russia.

The newspaper reported that the documents “hint” Epstein may have maintained contacts with Putin even after his 2008 conviction for soliciting minors for prostitution.

“There is no need to explain how serious this version is for Poland’s security — that Russian intelligence services may have co-organised this process. This would mean only one thing: that they possess compromising material on many leaders who are still in office,” the prime minister said.

Tusk did not rule out the possibility that Poland could call on international partners to launch a broader investigation into the case. He stressed that the issue must be examined in the interests of national security.

“What we are seeing today is impossible to understand, and perhaps that is why many people deny it,” Tusk added, assuring that Poland would not ignore the revelations.

Earlier, the US Department of Justice released a large volume of documents related to Epstein’s cases, prompting politicians named in the materials to explain their past contacts with the financier.

By Tamilla Hasanova