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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 
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violated in the way that Trevor Reed’s bail was revoked; 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;
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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; 
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-
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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 Federa-
tion to immediately release Trevor Reed and all other 
prisoners arrested for political motivations; 
(2) condemns the practice of politically motivated 
imprisonment in the Russian Federation, which violates 
the commitments of the Russian Federation to inter-
national 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 Federa-
tion, 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 Federa-
tion to provide unrestricted consular access to Trevor 
Reed while he remains in detention; 
(6) until Trevor Reed’s release, calls on the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation—
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(A) to provide Trevor Reed any necessary med-
ical treatment and personal protective equipment; 
(B) to notify the United States Ambassador 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; 
(7) urges the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion 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.