Marc Fogle Thanks Trump For Freedom After Russia Freed Him

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained for more than three years in Russia, was welcomed back to the US by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night after the White House secured his release in an “exchange.” Fogel arrived at the White House late Tuesday draped in an American flag and was greeted by Trump, who said it was “an honor to have played a small role” in his release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.4	This is CNN breaking news.
1:05.8	You begin with that breaking news out of the White House and the remarkable release of an American teacher,
1:11.9	Mark Fogel. This, after more than three years in a Russian prison, he returned home tonight.
1:17.6	Here you see him with President Trump at the White House just a few moments ago. It marks the end of
1:22.2	a nightmare that started in August of 2021 when Fogel was arrested in Russia for possession of medical marijuana
1:28.5	and men wrongfully detained. Listen to what he told President Trump inside the White House.
1:35.4	I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. And, uh,
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