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The U.S.’s Envoy for Hostages, Adam Boehler, revealed that a second American is “coming in tomorrow” while discussing Marc Fogel’s return to the U.S. on Tuesday.
Newsweek reached out to the State Department for comment via online form on Tuesday.
Why It Matters
Fogel landed in Washington, D.C. shortly before 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
He was arrested in Moscow, Russia in 2021 for carrying cannabis, which his lawyer said was prescribed to him in the United States to treat chronic pain. Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison the following year.
Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, described Fogel’s return as an “exchange,” but he did not share additional details.
What To Know
Boehler, who was sitting alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, told CNN‘s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday that “this is a unique circumstance that Secretary Rubio is saying. This is a unilateral move, it follows unilateral moves by Venezuela, other countries.”
He added: “We have another American coming in tomorrow and so … the president has made this a top priority and he’s got the A team on it.”
Boehler didn’t share more information about the individual when Collins pressed him for details, saying, “That’s going to be a surprise for tomorrow.”
“I can’t comment on where it’s from,” he said.
This is a developing story that will be updated with additional information.
