A resolution calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States Citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison.

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 667 Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 5, 2020 Mr. CORNYN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations RESOLUTION Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. Whereas United States citizen Trevor Reed is a resident of Granbury, Texas, and a United States Marine Corps vet- eran; Whereas Trevor Reed traveled to Moscow to visit his girlfriend on May 16, 2019; Whereas Moscow’s Police Service detained Trevor Reed on August 16, 2019; Whereas Trevor Reed was accused of grabbing the arm of the police officer driving the vehicle and elbowing another of- ficer while en route to the police station, causing the ve- VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR667.IS SR667 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 667 IS hicle to swerve and therefore endangering the lives of the police officers; Whereas Trevor Reed was not given a medical evaluation until 10 days following his arrest; Whereas Trevor Reed’s defense team presented video evidence to the courts that disproves the police officers’ statements of supposed endangerment and wrongdoing; Whereas Trevor Reed’s defense team was denied access to additional video evidence from the police vehicle and po- lice station that had the potential to prove his innocence; Whereas the police officers claimed emotional and physical damages, but did not sustain any visible injury, or claim any time missed from work; Whereas the Constitutional Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction concurred that Russian procedural law was violated in the way that Trevor Reed’s bail was revoked; Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed complaints with the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding denial of communications with Trevor Reed; Whereas during the trial, the defense counsel presented 59 minutes of traffic camera video that showed the police car— (1) did not change direction or leave its lane; (2) did not swerve; and (3) did not stop or slow down; Whereas, on July 30, 2020, Golovinsky District Court Judge Arnout read a verdict that dismissed all defense evidence, witnesses, and government experts and included informa- tion from the investigator’s case files that were not dis- cussed or read into the court files; VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR667.IS SR667 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 667 IS Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in a prison camp even though no person had previously been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for a level II crime; Whereas the judge also ordered Trevor Reed to pay 100,000 rubles to each police officer for moral and physical inju- ries; Whereas Trevor Reed had already been detained in Russia for 1 year at the time of the judge’s verdict; Whereas, the United States Ambassador to Russia, John Sul- livan, upon Trevor’s sentencing, stated that the prosecu- tion’s case and the evidence presented against Mr. Reed were ‘‘so preposterous that they provoked laughter in the courtroom’’, the conviction and sentence were ‘‘ridicu- lous’’, and ‘‘justice was not even considered’’. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) expresses support for Trevor Reed, Paul 2 Whelan, and all prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the 3 Russian Federation; 4 (2) condemns the practice of politically moti- 5 vated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, 6 which violates the commitments of the Russian Fed- 7 eration to international obligations with respect to 8 human rights and the rule of law; 9 (3) urges the United States Government, in all 10 its interactions with the Government of the Russian 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR667.IS SR667 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •SRES 667 IS Federation, to raise the case of Trevor Reed and to 1 press for his release; 2 (4) calls on the Government of the Russian 3 Federation to immediately release Trevor Reed and 4 all other prisoners arrested for political motivations; 5 (5) urges the Government of the Russian Fed- 6 eration to provide unrestricted consular access to 7 Trevor Reed while he remains in detention; 8 (6) calls on the Government of the Russian 9 Federation— 10 (A) to provide Trevor Reed any necessary 11 medical treatment and personal protective 12 equipment; 13 (B) to notify the United States Ambas- 14 sador to Russia of any medical problems or 15 complaints that arise during his detention; and 16 (C) to provide the United States Embassy 17 in Moscow with full access to all of Trevor 18 Reed’s medical records; 19 (7) urges the Government of the Russian Fed- 20 eration to respect Trevor Reed’s universally recog- 21 nized human rights; and 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR667.IS SR667 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •SRES 667 IS (8) expresses support to the family of Trevor 1 Reed and commitment to bringing Trevor Reed 2 home. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:36 Aug 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR667.IS SR667 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS