IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 186 
Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen 
who was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to nine years in a Russian 
prison. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. FALLON, Mr. 
VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ROY, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. BURGESS, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. 
TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CAS-
TRO of Texas, and Mr. TAYLOR) 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 found guilty and sen-
tenced to nine years in a Russian prison. 
Whereas United States citizen Trevor Reed is a resident of 
Granbury, Texas, and a United States Marine Corps vet-
eran; 
Whereas Trevor Reed traveled to Moscow to visit his 
girlfriend in May 2019; 
Whereas Moscow’s Police Service detained Trevor Reed in 
August 2019; 
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Whereas Trevor Reed was accused of grabbing the arm of the 
police officer driving the vehicle and elbowing another of-
ficer while en route to the police station, causing the ve-
hicle to swerve and therefore endangering the lives of the 
police officers; 
Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed nu-
merous diplomatic notes with the Russian Foreign Min-
istry regarding Trevor Reed being denied consular access, 
communications, medical treatment, family visitations, 
and other violations of the Vienna Convention on Con-
sular Relations; 
Whereas Trevor Reed was not given food or water until ap-
proximately 72 hours after his initial arrest; 
Whereas Trevor Reed was not given a medical evaluation of 
his injuries until 10 days following his arrest; 
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 inside the police vehicle 
and police station that had the potential to prove his in-
nocence, the requests for all video recordings are docu-
mented, and the existence of the other videos was con-
firmed by police officials and investigators; 
Whereas the police officers claimed emotional and physical 
damages, but did not sustain any visible injury, or claim 
any time missed from work, and the law considers the po-
lice officers victims; 
Whereas the Constitutional Supreme Court of the Russian 
Federation and the Second Court of Cassation of General 
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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 from four traffic cam-
eras, and senior Russian Government officials analyzed 
the video recordings and confirmed that the videos 
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 witnesses following directly behind the police car in 
a private vehicle never witnessed any dangerous move-
ment of the police car; 
Whereas the two police officers changed their testimonies in 
writing, in their interviews, and at least three times dur-
ing defense questioning, with final answers to the judge 
being ‘‘I don’t remember.’’, causing court attendees and 
the judge to laugh; 
Whereas the Investigative Bureau and Golovinsky District 
Court Judge Arnout denied Trevor Reed’s requests to in-
vestigate how his injuries occurred; 
Whereas, on July 30, 2020, Golovinsky District Court Judge 
Arnout read a verdict that dismissed all defense evidence, 
witnesses, and government experts and only considered 
pieces of the police officers’ statements; 
Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in pris-
on camp and was ordered to pay 100,000 rubles to each 
police officer for moral and physical injuries; 
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Whereas Trevor Reed had already been detained in Russia 
for one year at the time of the judge’s verdict; 
Whereas a Consul representing the United States Embassy in 
Moscow attended all of Trevor Reed’s trial hearings; 
Whereas the United States Ambassador to Russia, John Sul-
livan, upon Trevor’s sentencing, stated that the prosecu-
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 ‘‘ridicu-
lous’’, and ‘‘justice was not even considered’’; 
Whereas, upon appeal to the Moscow City Court, the 
Golovinsky District Court failed to provide Trevor Reed 
with translated copies of the court’s decision and trial 
transcripts per law; and 
Whereas the appeal court returned the case to the Golovinsky 
District Court to review omissions and incorrect state-
ments in the trial transcripts, and the official court audio 
recordings were reviewed by the defense and the correc-
tions were certified by a third-party notarization firm, 
with the result being Judge Arnout refusing to include 
any corrections to the corrupted transcripts: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls on the Government of the Russian 
Federation to immediately release Trevor Reed and 
all other prisoners arrested for political motivations; 
(2) condemns the practice of politically moti-
vated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, 
which violates the commitments of the Russian Fed-
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eration 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) expresses support for Trevor Reed, Paul 
Whelan, and all prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the 
Russian Federation; 
(5) urges the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration to provide unrestricted consular access to 
Trevor Reed while he remains in detention; 
(6) until Trevor Reed’s release, 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 Ambas-
sador to Russia 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; 
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(7) urges the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration to respect Trevor Reed’s universally recog-
nized human rights; and 
(8) expresses support to the family of Trevor 
Reed and commitment to bringing Trevor Reed 
home. 
Æ 
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