The District Court in Warsaw fined journalist Wojciech Czuchnowski of “Gazeta Wyborcza” PLN 1,000. The reason was “unfounded and unauthorized refusal to answer the plaintiff’s questions”. Czuchnowski testified today as a witness in Judge Konrad Wytrykowski’s trial against the publisher of “GW” in connection with the so-called hate scandal.
Interrogation of Czuchnowski
It concerns a series of publications about the “hater scandal” at the Ministry of Justice and the case from 2019. The main role in the alleged scandal would be reserved for judges. One of the representatives of this profession, judge Konrad Wytrykowski, filed a lawsuit against the publisher of “Gazeta Wyborcza”, and at today’s hearing, the Warsaw court interrogated the journalist of this medium, Wojciech Czuchnowski – the author of most publications in this regard.
The journalist twice failed to appear at the hearings, but his absence was excused.
Bartosz Lewandowski, representative of Judge Wytrykowski, indicated in an interview with the tvp.info portal that during the trial they wanted to verify the circumstances of the creation of these publications. According to the testimony of the judges and Emilia Sz. herself, not only was there no hate group on messengers, and Emilia Sz. she was not paid for her social media activities, but her contacts with Wytrykowski were also rather sporadic and separate from her online activities.
As Lewandowski said, in response to court questions, Czuchnowski said that on August 21, 2019, he obtained material in electronic form. They had to be assessed by a team of experts. The materials were delivered to Czuchnowski in the afternoon and the meeting with Emilia Sz. occurred after the publication cycle. Despite this, “GW” already published texts on August 22 in the morning about a “hater group”, which Judge Wytrykowski is said to be a member of, and the activities of Emilia Sz. It would be inspired and funded not only by him, but also by people dealing with MS.
Insulting statement and punishment for a journalist
Judge Wytrykowski’s lawyer wanted to know from the journalist how it was possible that the information was verified so quickly, the texts appeared in the newspaper the next day, and also “what the work on the materials published in the newspaper looked like with the participation of IT specialists”.
This left him very upset and stated that he would not answer any questions from the attorney and the plaintiff as he expected such behavior
– reported lawyer Bartosz Lewandowski. As he further inquired, Wojciech Czuchnowski read the statement as “deeply offensive” to Judge Konrad Wytrykowski and indicated that the referral of the case to court was “an attack on an independent medium.”
According to the witness, it was a form of intimidation of independent journalists who stood up for independent courts and democracy
emphasized the lawyer.
Later, the “GW” journalist avoided answering all the lawyer’s questions and justified it with the reasons stated in the statement. The hearing was adjourned and then, at Lewandowski’s request, the court fined Czuchnowski PLN 1,000 for “unfounded and unauthorized refusal to answer the plaintiff’s questions”.
The journalist from “Wyborcza” is summoned for another term.
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Source: wPolityce