Despite GOP criticism of the prisoner swap that freed Brittney Griner, Fiona Hill said Trump was 'not particularly interested' in freeing Paul Whelan

Dec 12 2022 by Business Insider

 
Fiona Hill, former National Security Council Russia adviser, arrives back from a break in the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Longworth Building on Thursday, November 21, 2019.

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Fiona Hill said some US citizens imprisoned in Russia are caught in "political games." Critics, including Trump, asked why Brittney Griner was freed while Paul Whelan remains jailed. Hill said Trump wasn't "particularly...
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