A House Republican on Thursday pledged to investigate why the Biden administration did not include U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and American teacher Marc Fogel, who are both detained in Russia, in the prisoner exchange that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner.
“It’s clear that Whelan and Fogel are afterthoughts to this administration, who care more about celebrity admiration and wokeness than returning all Americans safely to their families,” said Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Republican, in a statement.
“[President] Biden and [Secretary of State] Antony Blinken better preserve their documents because the new House Republican majority is going to demand answers on this latest disaster,” the statement said.