If the administration is seriously committed to combating the “extraordinary threat” of politically motivated hostage-taking, it should declare Fogel wrongfully detained and commit appropriate resources to securing his release from a potential death sentence.
Oakmont native Marc Fogel, who has been held in a Moscow detention center for 14 months on a marijuana-related conviction, is being moved to a Russian hard-labor penal colony, his family said. The move to the new facility — located a four- to five-hour train ride away from the detention
In a farewell letter to constituents, he wrote: “Your support allowed me to be a loud, proud, and consistent advocate for a strong US-Israel strategic partnership."
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Bob Casey, D-Scranton, signed on to a letter Tuesday requesting Secretary of State Antony Blinken designate Oakmont native Marc Fogel as being “wrongfully detained” under federal law. The Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act is named in honor of former FBI