Why didn't Chump ask his buddy Vlad to free Paul Whelan?

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6. The U.S. did ask for his release in 2019.

U.S. asks Russia to free incarcerated ex-Marine Paul Whelan

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat on Monday called for Russia to free Paul Whelan, a former Marine accused by Moscow of espionage, saying there was no evidence against him and he had committed no crime.

Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman made the pre-Christmas appeal to Russia outside a Moscow prison after he and diplomats from Britain, Canada and Ireland had visited Whelan.

Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained by agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28 last year.

Moscow says Whelan was caught red-handed with a computer flash drive containing classified information. Whelan says he was set up in a sting and had thought the drive, given to him by a Russian acquaintance, contained holiday photos.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-whelan/u-s-asks-russia-to-free-incarcerated-ex-marine-paul-whelan-idUSKBN1YR1JP