Reed's family has said that Trevor is being mistreated, malnourished and exposed to illness inside of a Russian prison.
's attention while the president was in Texas on Tuesday. Biden later called the family and promised to have his aides schedule a meeting with them soon in Washington, D.C.and also made public statements pressuring the Biden administration to secure Reed's release, which may prove difficult due to souring diplomatic relations amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"[During the call, Biden] kept saying over and over again how horrible he felt that he couldn't stop [to talk with us]," Trevor's mother Paula Reed told KTVT."And he wanted to let us know Trevor is something he thinks about every day. Obviously, better words could not be heard by a mother whose son is there."
U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to meet with the parents of Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine who is being held in Russia. In this photo, Reed stands inside a defendants' cage during his verdict hearing at Moscow's Golovinsky district court on July 30, 2020.Biden told the family that his staff will arrange a meeting with them in the nation's capital.
Reed's family say he was detained without evidence and that Russian authorities refused to consider evidence that would've helped prove his innocence. Reed's lawyer called the sentencing extreme, but Russian courts denied an appeal.