Brother Scorches Trump For Turning U.S. Russian Prisoner Paul Whelan Into Political Football – By Mary Papenfuss (HuffPost) / Dec 10, 2022
It seems Trump “mentioned my brother Paul Whelan’s wrongful detention more in the last 24 hours than he did in the 2 years of his presidency,” says brother.
The twin brother of Russian prisoner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan lashed Donald Trump Friday for suddenly appearing to care about Whelan as the former president beat up on the Biden administration and on freed Russian inmate Brittney Griner.
Trump on Thursday railed about the release of Black, gay WNBA player Brittney Griner in a Russian prisoner exchange negotiated by the Biden administration.
Trump, who is being investigated for his role in last year’s deadly insurrection, indicated that Whelan was much more worthy of release than Griner, who “openly hates our country” — because she has protested against police brutality and racial injustice.
“What a stupid and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!” Trump wrote.
