President Biden Vows to Fight for Americans Who Are ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Abroad

President Biden vowed to fight for all Americans “wrongfully detained” abroad at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, as Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s ongoing detainment in Russia loomed large.

“Jill, Kamala, Doug, and I, and members of our administration, are here to send a message to the country and quite frankly to the world — a free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of a free society, not the enemy,” Biden said.

“Evan went to report in Russia to shed light on the darkness that you all escaped from years ago,” the president said to Gershkovich’s family at the event. “To the entire family, everyone in this hall stands with you. We’re working every day to secure his release, looking at opportunities and tools to bring him home. We keep the faith.”

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