WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday (Aug 11) that his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin led to the discharge of former US Marine Robert Gilman, who had been held for greater than 4 years, accused of assaulting a police officer.
“After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to launch him, very a lot on a Humanitarian Foundation,” Trump wrote on his Reality Social platform.
Included within the put up was a photograph of a gaunt-looking Gilman in a baseball cap aboard an airplane holding an American flag with a number of different smiling individuals.
“We admire this determination, and the truth that Russia requested for nobody in return – No change came about,” Trump wrote.
Gilman was sentenced in 2022 by a court docket in southwestern Russia to 4 and a half years in jail for assaulting a police officer. His sentence was later prolonged to 10 years for violence towards jail workers.
