Diplomats visit American jailed in Russia on spying charges
Source: AP
MOSCOW (AP) A U.S. diplomat on Monday visited an American jailed in Moscow for nearly a year on spying charges and said he is in good condition mentally.
Paul Whelan was arrested at a Moscow hotel at the end of last year and charged with espionage. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted, but the case has yet to go to trial.
American officials have complained about the delay and say investigators have produced no evidence against Whelan, a Michigan resident who also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship.
Diplomats from those three countries visited him Monday along with Bart Gorman, the US deputy chief of mission.
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saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Even trade, no gelt for Putin.
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)What did the US get in return? Another example of the bogus "Art of the Deal", or blackmail in Putin's pockets?
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)We got nothing.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)every picture of Trump with Putin's hand up his butt, puppeteer to puppet will be out everywhere, and Putin will release what they really talked about.
Trump will blame Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros for "getting to" Putin.
keithbvadu2
(36,827 posts)Whalen - This guy is quite a story on his own
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/paul-whelan-spy-citizenship.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytpolitics