House Foreign Affairs Committee Leaders Introduce Resolution Calling Russia to Release Detained U.S. Reporter

A bipartisan group of House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders introduced a resolution calling on Russia to release Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been detained in the country since March.

The lawmakers — including Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the committee chairman, and Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) and Bill Keating (D-Mass.) — defended Gershkovich as an “innocent American journalist.”

“Russia has no grounds to hold Evan Gershkovich prisoner; he’s an innocent American journalist,” the lawmakers said. “We are proud to introduce this resolution calling on the Russian government to release Evan and other wrongfully detained Americans immediately and return them to their families.”

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