WSJ Reporter Gershkovich & Paul Whelan released by Russia in prisoner swap

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Not seeing it at the WSJ web site yet though

 

[nycfan]

 

[CFordUNC]

Damn. Even Vladimir Putin must realize what an unfathomable disaster Donald Trump’s campaign has become.

 

[heelslegup]

By end of day, Trump will be taking credit for it, praising Putin, and criticizing WSJ for creating the problem.

 

[UNCRx85]

Trump would have gotten all 3 of them essentially for free. Immediately. All he'd have given up was Ukraine

 

[UNCRx85]

Trump is definitely the bottom in that relationship.

 

[ChileG]

It doesn’t matter what we gave up in return. The GOPers wailing for the release of Whelan will say whatever we give up will be too much.

 

[CLT Heel]

If this comes to be true, I agree that whatever we gave up will be worth it, just to hear Trump complain when he was certain that ONLY HE could make this happen. I hope that Harris and Biden takes credit for making this happen.

 

[UNCRx85]

Also, no doubt this was Putin showing Trump who's the boss here... Very Ron Swanson of him.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

Still not on WSJ. Who is Jordan Fabian?

 

[Zoo_View]

Still not on WSJ. Who is Jordan Fabian?

White House Correspondent/Editor, Bloomberg

 

[heelinhell]

'Trump loses his hostage': Biden applauded for securing release of Gershkovich and Whelan

The Biden administration has secured the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian prisons as part of a prisoner swap, which wipes away one of Donald Trump's baffling campaign promises.The men had been jailed on espionage charges...

www.rawstory.com

Trump loses his hostage': Biden applauded for securing release of Gershkovich and Whelan

 

[heelinhell]

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/prisoner-swap-russia-us/index.html

Americans Gershkovich and Whelan expected to be freed in Russia prisoner swap, official says

 

[nycfan]

"
A multicountry prisoner swap in Turkey on Thursday freed The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and at least one other American held in Russia, along with a leading Russian dissident, in the most far-reaching exchange between Russia and the West in decades, according to a statement by a Turkish security official that was also shared by the government media office.

The exchange took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey, and involved 24 adults who had been imprisoned in seven different countries, the official said. In addition to Mr. Gershkovich, the prisoners freed by Russia included Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in 2018, and the Russian dissident Ilya Yashin, the official said.

The prisoners freed by the West included Vadim Krasikov, a convicted Russian assassin, the Turkish official said. ..."

 

[CallMeTyler]

Good. Bring Americans home.

 

[lawtig02]

 

[nycfan]

 

[heelslegup]

Hopefully, the Biden Admin at least offered DJT as a mini-me for Putin's Dr Evil

 

[lawtig02]

Between this and the Guantanamo plea deals, Biden is cleaning up a lot of lingering issues for the next administration. This is what leadership and statesmanship looks like, Pubs.