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(NewsNation) — Special envoy Steve Witkoff said the instrumentality of American Marc Fogel, who had been detained successful Russia since 2021, could beryllium a motion of the aboriginal moving narration betwixt President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump and Putin had a "great friendship, and I deliberation present it's going to continue," Witkoff told NewsNation connected Wednesday.
"I deliberation that getting Marc Fogel retired was critical, and the Russians were very, precise adjuvant successful that effort and precise accommodating," Witkoff said.
In a unrecorded interrogation connected NewsNation's "Morning successful America," Witkoff said Fogel was "exultant" to beryllium backmost successful the United States.
Once Vogel was told helium was connected American soil, helium was truthful excited helium did a "scissor kick," Witkoff said.
"He was kissing radical and hugging radical helium had ne'er met earlier successful his life," Witkoff said.
Fogel, a teacher, was arrested for bringing aesculapian marijuana into the state successful 2021 and sentenced to 14 years successful situation successful 2022.
The Trump medication announced it had secured Fogel's merchandise connected Tuesday, and Trump greeted Fogel astatine the White House that night.
Fogel thanked Trump and members of the medication for his harmless instrumentality and said the “superorganism of people” supporting him helped prolong him during his clip successful Russian prison.
As for whose merchandise the medication is moving connected next, Witkoff said Trump volition "use his spot to bring everybody location that we can."
