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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1115 

Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen 

who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. HURD of 

Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 

ARRINGTON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. ROY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

GOODEN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 

GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 

GRANGER, and Mr. WILLIAMS) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United 

States citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years 

in a Russian prison. 

Whereas United States citizen Trevor Reed is a resident of 

Granbury, Texas, and a United States Marine Corps veteran; 

Whereas Trevor Reed traveled to Moscow to visit his 

girlfriend on May 16, 2019; 

Whereas Moscow’s Police Service detained Trevor Reed on 

August 16, 2019; 


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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 station, causing the vehicle to swerve and therefore endangering the lives of the 

police officers; 

Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed numerous diplomatic complaints with the Russian Foreign 

Ministry regarding Trevor Reed being denied consular, 

access, communications, medical treatment, family visitations, and other violations of the Vienna Convention on 

Consular Relations; 

Whereas Trevor Reed’s defense team presented video evidence 

to the courts that disproves the police officers’ statements 

of supposed endangerment and wrongdoing; 

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 innocence; 

Whereas the police officers claimed emotional and physical 

damages, but did not sustain any visible injury, or claim 

any time missed from work; 

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violated in the way that Trevor Reed’s bail was revoked; 

Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed 

complaints with the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding 

denial of communications with Trevor Reed; 

Whereas during the trial, the defense counsel presented 59 

minutes of traffic camera video that showed the police 

car— 

(1) did not change direction or leave its lane; 


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(2) did not swerve; and 

(3) did not stop or slow down; 

Whereas, on July 30, 2020, Golovinsky District Court Judge 

Arnout read a verdict that dismissed all defense evidence, 

witnesses, and government experts and included information from the investigator’s case files that were not discussed or read into the court files; 

Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in prison camp and was ordered to pay 100,000 rubles to each 

police officer for moral and physical injuries; 

Whereas Trevor Reed had already been detained in Russia 

for 1 year at the time of the judge’s verdict; and 

Whereas, the United States Ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, upon Trevor’s sentencing, stated that the prosecution’s case and the evidence presented against Mr. Reed 

were ‘‘so preposterous that they provoked laughter in the 

courtroom’’, the conviction and sentence were ‘‘ridiculous’’, and ‘‘justice was not even considered’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) expresses support for Trevor Reed, Paul 

3 Whelan, and all prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the 

4 Russian Federation; 

5 (2) condemns the practice of politically moti6 vated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, 

7 which violates the commitments of the Russian Fed8 eration to international obligations with respect to 

9 human rights and the rule of law; 


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1 (3) urges the United States Government, in all 

2 its interactions with the Government of the Russian 

3 Federation, to raise the case of Trevor Reed and to 

4 press for his release; 

5 (4) calls on the Government of the Russian 

6 Federation to immediately release Trevor Reed and 

7 all other prisoners arrested for political motivations; 

8 (5) urges the Government of the Russian Fed9 eration to provide unrestricted consular access to 

10 Trevor Reed while he remains in detention; 

11 (6) calls on the Government of the Russian 

12 Federation— 

13 (A) to provide Trevor Reed any necessary 

14 medical treatment and personal protective 

15 equipment; 

16 (B) to notify the United States Ambas17 sador to Russia of any medical problems or 

18 complaints that arise during his detention; and 

19 (C) to provide the United States Embassy 

20 in Moscow with full access to all of Trevor 

21 Reed’s medical records; 

22 (7) urges the Government of the Russian Fed23 eration to respect Trevor Reed’s universally recog24 nized human rights; and 


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1 (8) expresses support to the family of Trevor 

2 Reed and commitment to bringing Trevor Reed 

3 home. 

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