Polish prosecutors end 10-year treason investigation into Tusk over Smolensk air disaster
They found that government officials acted in Poland's interests when cooperating with Russia after the crash.
After a ten-year-long investigation, Poland's National Prosecutor's Office has concluded that former Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his government were not guilty of "diplomatic treason" in their handling of the Smolensk air disaster that killed President Lech Kaczyński in 2010. The ruling comes as a surprise to the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which has long accused Tusk's government of covering up the crash as part of a "macabre reconciliation with Russia."
The PiS party has always rejected official Polish and Russian investigations, which found the disaster to have been an accident. Prosecutors say they found no evidence that diplomatic treason took place, as the legal basis chosen for cooperating with Russia on an investigation was the most advantageous for Poland. They also found no evidence of intent to harm Poland by the officials involved. PiS figures have not yet commented on the prosecutors' decision.
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