Trump envoy Steve Witkoff describes 3.5-hour meeting with Putin in Moscow
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Washington — Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, described on Sunday a three-and-a-half hour meeting he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he said was a "trust-building" assignment given to him by President Trump.
Witkoff traveled to Moscow to bring home Marc Fogel, an American who had been serving a 14-year sentence in Russia for traveling with medical marijuana. Russia freed Fogel on Feb. 11. Witkoff told a conference last week that he met with Putin before leaving the country with Fogel.
Appearing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Witkoff said there were two translators at the meeting with Putin, and he was the only U.S. official present. He said he was "intent on carrying a message from the president to President Putin" and that he was told that the Russian leader "had something for me to transmit back to the president."
