Posted 1/11/2024, 1:37:00 AM
Biden Meets with Family of Paul Whelan, Seeks Release of US Citizen Detained in Russia Since 2018
- President Biden met with Paul Whelan's sister Elizabeth at the White House to discuss efforts to secure his release from Russia
- Paul Whelan is a US, Irish, British and Canadian citizen who has been detained in Russia since 2018 on espionage charges he denies
- Biden called Paul Whelan's parents after the meeting with his sister
- Paul Whelan has criticized Biden for not securing his release in prisoner swaps that freed Trevor Reed and Brittney Griner
- The Biden administration has put forward "significant" proposals to Russia to try to bring home both Paul Whelan and detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich