Exclusive: Trevor Reed pushes back against critics of US participation in prisoner swaps
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Trevor Reed, an American citizen recently freed after more than two years imprisoned in Russia, said in an exclusive interview with CNN that he does not believe the United States' participation in prisoner swaps to bring Americans home should be controversial.
While some critics say the US participation in the swaps could incentivize foreign governments to hold Americans hostage or prisoners under false charges as a form of leverage, Reed told CNN's Jake Tapper that he doesn't buy their argument.
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