three years and three months, four months. he s been there longer than anyone. accused of being a spy. and that s completely a lie, just like the charges against our son were. and we re not saying that because we re just his parents. we re saying that because of all the evidence and witnesses provided in the trial which i personally witnessed. as the ambassador to russia said, it was a circus of the absurd. it s completely ridiculous. this is an exceptionally tense moment with russia right now. right? this is an extraordinary moment with russia. it s getting worse. yeah, and it s getting do you think the spotlight on what s happening with russia, the spotlight on a celebrity like brittani griner, wnba star who s also been detained, do you think that helps put more of a spotlight on trevor s case? yes, we do. or do you think it makes it harder to get him out? no, we think it brought more attention to trevor s case. and we re grateful for that. we re sorry for that and we f
clearly aware that the reeds are in town. here s what he said right after that covid event at the white house. i m going to see if i can get to see them. today? they re good people. we re trying to work that out. the push comes as the white house works to try to free another american, somebody with celebrity status, star wnba player brittani griner. she s been in a russian jail since last month after she was arrested for allegedly possessing cannabis vape cartridges. i want to bring in trevor reed s parents, joey and paula reed. thank you for being here today. thank you for having us. we ve talked before, never in person. i m glad to have you on set with us as you re here in washington. first, how s trevor doing? what s the latest? well, he s in solitary confinement. he was at the hospital for ten days. they didn t give him any treatment. and he says they x-rayed the wrong part of his chest. he has a rib or something sticking out. and he s coughing up blood. and so we do
and now we sent a lawyer to see him on tuesday and the lawyer reported that trevor started a hunger strike on monday to protest being put in solitary confinement while he s injured and ill, which is against russian law, which is again, they don t follow their own laws. and then also i think he feels desperate because he feels, since he told us the last time we spoke to him, he s been left behind. when was the last time you had a conversation with him? a few weeks ago. he hadn t called us for 232 days. i remember that. and then out of the blue they let him stay out of solitary confinement after seven months and then a week or so later they let him start making phone calls to the embassy, who then relayed the calls to us. we got to talk to him about six or seven times. why now? why today? why make this pick this moment to come here to the white house and to make your case very publicly now to president biden? you clearly got his attention. well, because when president b