Congressional Leadership Issues Statement On Conviction Of American Journalist Evan Gershkovich
July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024:
Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell and Leader Jeffries released the following statement:
For 478 days, Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia has demonstrated the cruelty of Vladimir Putin's thuggish rule.
Evan's unjust sentence in a sham trial is a further reminder that attacks on the free press, h . . .
Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell and Leader Jeffries released the following statement:
For 478 days, Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia has demonstrated the cruelty of Vladimir Putin's thuggish rule.
Evan's unjust sentence in a sham trial is a further reminder that attacks on the free press, h . . .