Trump Administration Secures Release Of Cannabis Prisoner Marc Fogel From 14-Year Russian Sentence
Marc Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony after his 2021 arrest in Moscow for possessing medical marijuana, is coming home.
The White House announced Tuesday, per various news outlets, that it had negotiated Fogel’s release.
White House national security adviser Michael Waltz said that Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump‘s special envoy to the Middle East, was leaving Russian airspace with Fogel, who was declared “wrongfully detained” by President Joe Biden shortly before he left the White House.
Waltz said Fogel, who previously worked at the U.S. embassy in Moscow and also …