The Issue: The release of The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich and others from Russian custody. Wall Street Journal journalist Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan and others were recently released from Russia (“Evan homecoming!” Aug. 2). I’m just a bit curious, if not infinitely mystified, by the politically convenient timing of all this, given recent calls for President Biden to step down. Odd how, mere months before the 2024 presidential election, the Democratic regime manages to get Gershkovich and Whelan released from Russian custody. On Aug. 1, Americans Whelan and Gershkovich were released in a prisoner swap from Russian captivity.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 04, 2024 13:22 UTC