(WBAP/KLIF) – Granbury native and Marine Veteran Trevor Reed was released from a Russian prison on Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States.
Reed spent nearly 1,000 days in prison on an assault charges U.S. officials say is bogus.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn celebrated Reed’s release.
“Trevor has survived a real-life nightmare, held in a Russian prison for nearly 1000 days with little to no access to badly-needed health care or communication with his family. I’m beyond relieved Trevor will return home to his family in Texas, who were relentless in the fight to secure his release and never gave up hope.”
Sen. Cornyn has previously met with the Reeds and repeatedly pressed the Biden Administration to secure Trevor’s release. Last year, Sen. Cornyn introduced a resolution calling for his immediate release. It also called for release of all political prisoners, condemned politically motivated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, demanded that the Russian government respect Trevor Reed’s human rights, and expressed support for the Reed family. The resolution passed the Senate unanimously.
“I applaud the President and the State Department officials who worked behind the scenes to secure Trevor’s release, as well as Congressmen Pfluger and McCaul for their efforts to keep pressure on the Administration.”
Governor Abbott welcomed Trevor home with a tweet.
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