H. Res. 1115 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 3, 2020. 

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; 

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 

from traffic camera footage to the courts that disproves 

the police officers’ statements of supposed endangerment 

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violated in the way that Trevor Reed’s bail was revoked; 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

(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 prosecu-
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tion’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 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) expresses support for Trevor Reed, Paul 

Whelan, and all prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the 

Russian Federation; 

(2) condemns the practice of politically motivated 

imprisonment in the Russian Federation, which violates 

the commitments of the Russian Federation to international obligations with respect to human rights and 

the rule of law; 

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

interactions with the Government of the Russian Federation, to raise the case of Trevor Reed and to press for 

his release; 

(4) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately release Trevor Reed and all other 

prisoners arrested for political motivations; 

(5) urges the Government of the Russian Federation to provide unrestricted consular access to Trevor 

Reed while he remains in detention as required under 

the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; 
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(6) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation— 

(A) to provide Trevor Reed any necessary medical treatment and personal protective equipment; 

(B) to notify the United States Embassy in 

Moscow of any medical problems or complaints that 

arise during his detention; and 

(C) to provide the United States Embassy in 

Moscow with full access to all of Trevor Reed’s 

medical records; 

(7) urges the Government of the Russian Federation to respect Trevor Reed’s universally recognized 

human rights; and 

(8) expresses support to the family of Trevor Reed 

and commitment to bringing Trevor Reed home. 

Attest: 

Clerk.