{"id":2281926,"date":"2024-06-22T19:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usmc-vet-imprisoned-in-russia-warns-if-biden-doesnt-do-something-moscow-will-keep-grabbing-people\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T19:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:46:57","slug":"usmc-vet-imprisoned-in-russia-warns-if-biden-doesnt-do-something-moscow-will-keep-grabbing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usmc-vet-imprisoned-in-russia-warns-if-biden-doesnt-do-something-moscow-will-keep-grabbing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"USMC Vet Imprisoned in Russia Warns: If Biden Doesn&#8217;t Do Something, Moscow Will &#8216;Keep Grabbing People&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusmc-vet-imprisoned-in-russia-warns-if-biden-doesnt-do-something-moscow-will-keep-grabbing-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2281926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Paul \u200cWhelan, an American imprisoned \u2063in Russia\u200d since 2018 \u2063on disputed\u200d espionage\u2063 charges, is urging the Biden administration to\u2064 take decisive actions to secure \u200bhis release. Despite the denial \u2063of the charges by both him and the U.S.\u200d government, Whelan has spent\u2062 over 2,000 days in Russian custody. In \u2064his communication with CNN, Whelan suggested\u200c the U.S. \u2064should take strong \u200bmeasures such \u200bas arresting Russian officials or \u2062spies\u200b to prompt the Kremlin to negotiate\u200b a release for detained Americans\u200d including\u2062 himself and others like Evan Gershkovich\u2062 and Brittney\u200d Griner.\u200d Whelan \u2063criticized the Russian judicial process as unjust and expressed frustration over the lack of effective diplomatic efforts from the U.S. government to secure his freedom. Despite previous releases in prisoner\u2064 swaps, there are\u2064 currently no definite prospects for Whelan&#8217;s release.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/%20\"><span>Jake Smith<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 22, 2024 at 8:25am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An imprisoned American in Russia urged the Biden administration to take \u201cdecisive action\u201d to free him, CNN reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-marine-biden-left-behind-russian-prison-free-brittney-griner-attacked-inmate\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Whelan<\/a>, a former American Marine, was arrested in Russia in 2018 on espionage charges that both he and the U.S. government deny are true. More than 2,000 days into his imprisonment, Whelan is reflecting on the \u201cincredible amount of time\u201d he has had to spend in jail and is asking the Biden administration to step up and pressure Moscow into releasing him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/22\/politics\/paul-whelan-2000-days-russia-custody\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be decisive action taken,\u201d Whelan told CNN. \u201cThe US needs to go out and do something \u2013 fill up Guantanamo Bay with Russian officials, arrest Russian spies, do something that makes the Kremlin sit up and take notice and say, \u2018Okay, yeah, right, now it\u2019s time that we\u2019re gonna get Evan and Paul back and then we want back what you\u2019ve got of ours, and we\u2019ll call it a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil decisive action is taken, until there\u2019s a strong response to this sort of behavior, they\u2019ll keep grabbing people like Trevor (Reed) and Brittney (Griner) and Evan and others,\u201d he told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Whelan referenced Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested in March 2023 on similar espionage charges; like Whelan, Gershkovich\u2019s charges have been identified as false by the U.S. government. Whelan is also referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brittney-griner-complains-not-allowed-fly-private-doesnt-get-much-sympathy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brittney Griner<\/a>, a WNBA basketball player who was imprisoned in Russia and released in 2022, and Trevor Reed, who was arrested in 2019 and subsequently released alongside Griner in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-state-television-claims-biden-admin-agreed-to-unfreeze-7-billion-for-prisoner-swap-biden-admin-claims-its-not-true\/\" title=\"Iranian State Television Claims Biden Admin Agreed To Unfreeze  Billion For Prisoner Swap. Biden Admin Claims It\u2019s Not True.\">prisoner swap deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople here don\u2019t say that they\u2019re going to trial. They don\u2019t say they\u2019re going to seek justice. They say they\u2019re going to get a sentence, they\u2019re going to be sentenced. And that\u2019s it. There is no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal justice system<\/a> here,\u201d Whelan told CNN. \u201cThere is no judicial system. It\u2019s just a system that the government has operated for many years, putting people in prison for all sorts of dubious charges and dubious events. And in my case, that\u2019s 100% true, and I\u2019m sure in Evan\u2019s case, it\u2019s 100% true. But people go to trial here and they\u2019re automatically guilty, and then they\u2019re given a sentence, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whelan previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/12\/29\/paul-whelan-biden-admin-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> the Biden administration for failing to take action to secure his freedom, telling WTOP News in December that President Joe Biden \u201cpromised to bring me home\u201d and that \u201cdiplomatic efforts have failed.\u201d Despite being arrested before, Gershkovich, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-goes-crazy-brittney-griners-slam-dunk-basketball-fans-spot-immediate-problem\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Griner<\/a> and Reed, Whelan has served the longest imprisonment in Russia and has no current prospects for being freed.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/briefings\/department-press-briefing-june-13-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> recently that freeing Whelan is \u201csomething that we are constantly working on and constantly pursuing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you ever travel to Russia?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe put a substantial offer on the table to secure the release of Evan and Paul Whelan some months ago, as we said publicly; we\u2019re continuing to work to secure their release,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters last week. \u201cWe don\u2019t talk about the details of that publicly, as has always been the case, but it is one of the Secretary and the President\u2019s highest priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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