Trump Meets With Fogel at White House After Release From Russian Prison

Fogel was detained in Russia in 2021 and sentenced to 14 years behind bars for possessing marijuana at an airport.
Trump Meets With Fogel at White House After Release From Russian Prison
President Donald Trump welcomes Marc Fogel (R) back to the United States after being released from Russian custody, at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025. Al Drago/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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After three-and-a-half years in a Russian prison, American schoolteacher Marc Fogel was greeted by President Donald Trump in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room after his release on Tuesday night.

“I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now,” said Fogel, who stood beside the president with an American flag draped on his shoulders. “I’m a middle-class school teacher who’s now in a dream world.”

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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