He's not the Justice Minister of Poland, he's the former Justice Minister of the previous government of the previous ruling party. He isn't and hasn't been Justice Minister since 2023.

Plus, he wasn't arrested, only detained so that he could answer before a commission of Polish parliament.

Techdirt, please get your journalism together. These details are important.

No matter if he was actually arrested and for what, it might be important to mention that this is about the former justice minister ("Zbigniew Ziobro — who was justice minister from 2015 to 2023"), not the current one.

Arrested for ignoring the parliamentary commission's probe about Pegasus that he was required to attend, not "for illegal use of NSO Group malware" (well, at least not yet).

Though... he wasn't even arrested, merely detained and taken to the probe so far; a procedure that may lead to his 30-day arrest was just started.

This article is based on false premise: he was not arrested, only escorted by police to a parliamentary commission hearing.

Disregarding the specifics of this specific case, government spyware should be highlighted more often. It is safe to say that a substantial number of politicians worldwide are compromised and can be blackmailed. That could explain some irrational decisions.

Background to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_constitutional_crisis

The rightwing PIS party tried to entrench their rule in ways contrary to the constitution, including this kind of harassment and surveillance of anybody who obstructed them.