Senator Reacts To Prisoner Swap With Russia, Resulting In Release Of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan
Russia released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. marine Paul Whelan from jail Thursday as part of a major prisoner swap with the U.S. and six other countries involving 26 total detainees, several news outlets reported—ending years of tense negotiations between Russia and the West.
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00:00I am so grateful for the news today that there are four Americans coming home. A legal permanent
00:07resident, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a reporter for Radio Free Europe, a reporter for The
00:13Wall Street Journal, an American Marine. They've ranged in months to years in their imprisonment
00:20and detention in Russian prisons and prison camps. And this important landmark deal is
00:26a reminder of just how hard the Biden administration has worked to secure the release of Americans
00:31held hostage or wrongfully detained overseas. I know their families are relieved. I am elated.
00:38And I'm hopeful that we can move through the Congress and get to the president's desk two
00:43pieces of legislation I've co-sponsored that will make sure that when they return home,
00:48they won't face a bad credit score or tax fines and fees because they've been imprisoned
00:55outside the United States.