,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ffg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august   
#e1 #bjbj,mr4 ,cornyn submitted the     
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,calling for  
the immediate release of ,trevor ,reed1 
a ,united ,states citizen who was       
unjustly sentenced to #i years in a     
,russian prison4  ,whereas ,united      
,states citizen ,trevor ,reed is a      
resident of ,granbury1 ,texas1 and a    
,united ,states ,marine ,corps veteran2 
,whereas ,trevor ,reed traveled to      
,moscow to visit his girlfriend on ,may 
#af1 #bjai2 ,whereas ,moscow's ,police  
,service detained ,trevor ,reed on      
,august #af1 #bjai2 ,whereas ,trevor    
,reed was accused of grabbing the arm of
 the police officer driving the vehicle 
and elbowing another officer while en   
route to the police station1 causing the
 vehicle to swerve and therefore        
endangering the lives of the police     

officers2 ,whereas ,trevor ,reed was not
 given a medical evaluation until #aj   
days following his arrest2 ,whereas     
,trevor ,reed's defense team presented  
video evidence to the courts that       
disproves the police officers'          
statements of supposed endangerment and 
wrongdoing2 ,whereas ,trevor ,reed's    
defense team was denied access to       
additional video evidence from the      
police vehicle and police station that  
had the potential to prove his          
innocence2 ,whereas the police officers 
claimed emotional and physical damages1 
but did not sustain any visible injury1 
or claim any time missed from work2     
,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   
revoked2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
,embassy in ,moscow has filed complaints
 with the ,russian ,foreign ,ministry   

regarding denial of communications with 
,trevor ,reed2 ,whereas during the      
trial1 the defense counsel presented #ei
 minutes of traffic camera video that   
showed the police car-- 7#a7 did not    
change direction or leave its lane2     
7#b7 did not swerve2 and  7#c7 did not  
stop or slow down2 ,whereas1 on ,july   
#cj1 #bjbj1 ,golovinsky ,district ,court
 ,judge ,arnout read a verdict that     
dismissed all defense evidence1         
witnesses1 and government experts and   
included information from the           
investigator's case files that were not 
discussed or read into the court files2 
,whereas the judge sentenced ,trevor    
,reed to #i years in a prison camp even 
though no person had previously been    
sentenced to more than #h years in      
prison for a level ,,ii crime2 ,whereas 
the judge also ordered ,trevor ,reed to 
pay #ajj1jjj rubles to each police      
officer for moral and physical injuries2
 ,whereas ,trevor ,reed had already been
 detained in ,russia for #a year at the 

time of the judge's verdict2 ,whereas1  
the ,united ,states ,ambassador to      
,russia1 ,john ,sullivan1 upon ,trevor's
 sentencing1 stated that the            
prosecution's case and the evidence     
presented against ,mr4 ,reed were so    
preposterous that they provoked laughter
 in the courtroom1 the conviction and   
sentence were ridiculous1 and justice   
was not even considered4 ,now1          
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    
7#a7 expresses support for ,trevor      
,reed1 ,paul ,whelan1 and all prisoners 
unjustly imprisoned in the ,russian     
,federation2  7#b7 condemns the practice
 of politically motivated imprisonment  
in the ,russian ,federation1 which      
violates the commitments of the ,russian
 ,federation to international           
obligations with respect to human rights
 and the rule of law2  7#c7 urges the   
,united ,states ,government1 in all its 
interactions with the ,government of the
 ,russian ,federation1 to raise the case
 of ,trevor ,reed and to press for his  

release2  7#d7 calls on the ,government 
of the ,russian ,federation to          
immediately release ,trevor ,reed and   
all other prisoners arrested for        
political motivations2  7#e7 urges the  
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
to provide unrestricted consular access 
to ,trevor ,reed while he remains in    
detention2  7#f7 calls on the           
,government of the ,russian             
,federation-- 7,a7 to provide ,trevor   
,reed any necessary medical treatment   
and personal protective equipment2  7,b7
 to notify the ,united ,states          
,ambassador to ,russia of any medical   
problems or complaints that arise during
 his detention2 and  7,c7 to provide the
 ,united ,states ,embassy in ,moscow    
with full access to all of ,trevor      
,reed's medical records2  7#g7 urges the
 ,government of the ,russian ,federation
 to respect ,trevor ,reed's universally 
recognized human rights2 and  7#h7      
expresses support to the family of      
,trevor ,reed and commitment to bringing

 ,trevor ,reed home4