Tusk accused the President of Poland of harming democracy amid the crisis surrounding the Constitutional Court, Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Karol Norucki, former President Andrzej Duda and the PiS party of destroying the rule of law. He stated that legally elected judges refrained from acting through pressure and threats. Tusk addressed the conflict with Judge Anna Corwin-Pietroska, declaring: "In a country ruled by law, a judge does not back down in the face of an aggressive thug. "The Prime Minister also accused the opponents of trying to destroy democracy with the help of Russian bots on the Internet. He promised that the tribunal would act independently, and emphasized that even the president has no right to interfere in judicial activity.