Marc Fogel, an Oakmont teacher detained in Russia since 2021, has been released, according to the White House.
Officials said in a statement Tuesday afternoon…
Trump called the offer a “beautiful gesture” and said he believed something could be worked out with Egypt, another ally that had bristled at the president’s surprise plan.
President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East is leaving Russia with Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was jailed in Russia and deemed “wrongfully detained” by the United States, according to a statement from National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.
The Kremlin freed Marc Fogel, a teacher held for more than three years on drug charges, in a deal negotiated by Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy.