08.01.2024
BIDEN ABANDONS MARC FOGEL
MARC, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD MARC’S 95-YEAR-OLD MOTHER THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING MARC HOME IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT. THREE YEARS IS PAST TIME FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO THE SAME.
NO OTHER DETAINEE SHOULD BE PUT BEFORE MARC. TEACHERS MATTER. REGULAR PEOPLE MATTER. CELEBRITIES SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY ONES WHO MATTER.
MARC AND BRITTNEY GRINER WERE TRIED IN THE SAME EXACT RUSSIAN COURT, BY THE SAME JUDGE, CONVICTED UNDER THE SAME EXACT RUSSIAN CRIMINAL STATUTES, ONLY SENTENCING GUIDELINES WERE DIFFERENT.
SHE CAME HOME. BIDEN AND SECRETARY BLINKEN LEFT MARC. HE IS ALONE AND HIS BODY IS FAILING. HIS FAMILY IS BEREFT.
MARC MUST BE DECLARED WRONGFULLY DETAINED, WHICH MAKES HIM ELIGIBLE FOR A PRISONER SWAP AND BRINGS THE WHOLE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT FOR HIM. IT GIVES HIM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE BEYOND THE RUSSIAN PRISON SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES FUNDS TO THE FOGELS TO FIGHT FOR HIM.
THEY ARE NOT MILLIONAIRES. HE IS NOT A CELEBRITY. HE IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER OR A WORLD KNOWN NEWSPAPER REPORTER. HE DOES NOT HAVE NUMEROUS PASSPORTS—HE IS ONLY AMERICAN AND EVEN BIDEN’S AMERICA IS NOT FIGHTING FOR HIM.
BRING HIM HOME. MAKE HIM MATTER. MAKE HIS FAMILY MATTER AS MUCH AS BRITTNEY’S MATTER. AS MUCH AS REPORTERS’ FAMILIES MATTER. AS MUCH AS DUAL CITIZENS MATTER.
MARC NEVER MEANT TO BREAK THE LAW. HE PLANNED ON DECLARING HIS MEDICAL MARIJUANA AT RUSSIAN CUSTOMS BECAUSE THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CHANGED HIS VISA FROM DIPLOMAT TO REGULAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER 9 YEARS OF TEACHING AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLERS OF OUR DIPLOMATS IN MOSCOW.
HE WAS ARRESTED BEFORE HE REACHED THE RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER. RUSSIA HAD PREVIOUSLY LET FOREIGNERS BRING IN MARIJUANA WITH A PHYSICIAN’S PRESCRIPTION. ALL OF THIS IS IN HIS COURT TRANSCRIPTS.
American teacher
has been unjustly imprisoned in Russia for over
MARC FOGEL
1,040 DAYS
We need to show President Biden and his State Department that Marc Fogel is as important as Brittney Griner. She deserved to come home.
He deserves to come home.
Please support Marc & the Fogel family in this effort.
EMAIL PRESIDENT BIDEN AT swasserman@joebiden.com
1. SAY MARC FOGEL’S NAME
2. DESIGNATE MARC FOGEL AS WRONGFULLY DETAINED (LIKE HE DID BRITTNEY GRINER)
3. BRING MARC FOGEL HOME IN THE NEXT AMERICAN/RUSSIAN PRISONER SWAP
#GershkovichWhelanFogel
Ask Pennsylvania Senators Casey (trace_ledgard@casey.senate.gov) & Fetterman (mitchel_henderson@fetterman.senate.gov) to say Marc Fogel’s name, tell President Biden to designate him as wrongfully detained, and to bring him home.
Tell him to:
TAKE ACTION:
Marc Fogel is a beloved son, father, husband, brother, teacher and proud American who was detained on August 14th, 2021 in Russia and was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony for the same crime as Brittney Griner.
MARC’S AILMENTS
X-Ray of Marc Fogel’s Back & Spine
Marc struggled for years with debilitating pain ultimately resulting in three failed back surgeries including a spinal fusion, two knee operations, a hip replacement, and rotator cuff surgery. Marc chose to forgo opioids and narcotics. He didn’t like how they made him feel and witnessed the destruction they had caused. Instead, he used medical marijuana to manage his pain. He had a prescription card when he was detained and arrested in Russia with a limited amount of medical marijuana. Today, Marc’s condition continues to deteriorate in his prison cell four hours north of Moscow.
WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED IN RUSSIA.
#FREEMARCFOGEL
Media
The Hill: Senators call for State Department action in case of American teacher imprisoned in Russia
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the State Department to take action in the case of Marc Fogel, the American teacher who is currently imprisoned in Russia…
Senate letter: Casey, Colleagues Push to Reclassify Marc Fogel’s Case as ‘Wrongfully Detained’
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is leading a bipartisan coalition of Senators to push for the reclassification of Marc Fogel’s case as “wrongfully detained” under the…
Fox News: Marc Fogel: Congress members ask Blinken to add Pennsylvania native to potential Griner, Whelan prisoner swap
A U.S. congressman and a bipartisan, bicameral group of elected officials are pleading with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to include Pennsylvania native Marc Fogel, who is being detained…
Washington Post: Brittney Griner back in Russian court amid hopes of a prisoner
WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court Tuesday for the first time since news broke that the Biden administration is proposing a prisoner exchange to bring her and another…
Fox News: Marc Fogel: Family of American man detained in Russia begs Biden, Blinken to add him to Britney Griner deal
The family of a man being detained in Russia is pleading with the highest ranks of the United States government to include the beloved Pennsylvania schoolteacher in their deal with…
New York Times: Brittney Griner and the total lopsidedness of prisoner swaps
The deal is totally lopsided: The two Americans — the basketball star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a security company executive — are not…
PBS Newshour: American detained in Russia excluded from prisoner
As Russia weighs a prisoner swap to free detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a third American has been held in a Russian prison for more than a year…
Washington Post: This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares
Arrested last summer after arriving in Moscow with medical marijuana in his luggage, Marc Fogel has a case that parallels the ordeal of WNBA star Brittney Griner…
PBS Newshour: White House offers Russia deal to release WNBA star Griner, former Marine
The U.S. is now offering to trade prisoners with Russia to bring home basketball star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine from Michigan. Michael McFaul…
CNN: Family of American teacher sentenced to 14 years hard labor in Russia calls on Biden administration to formally negotiate for his release
The family of an American sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia fears that he has been given what amounts to a “a death sentence”…
CNN: 'A death sentence': American teacher sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony
The family of an American sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia fears that he has been given what amounts to a "a death sentence" and is calling on the Biden administration…
New York Times: An American arrested in Russia last year was sentenced by the court handling Brittney Griner’s case
With the spotlight on the case of Brittney Griner, the American basketball star who has been detained in Russia since February, the sentencing of a former U.S. Embassy worker in Russia last month on similar drug charges…
Congressional Corner
Six Members of PA Delegation Join Together To Write Letters of Support for Marc Fogel
Lawmakers, leaders call for release of Marc Fogel:
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA)
Malphine and Anne Fogel along with President Driscoll of IUP with Senator Fetterman (D-PA)
Sam Fogel with Senator Fetterman (D-PA)
Sam Fogel with Congressman Deluzio (D-PA)
Malphine Fogel and President Driscoll of IUP with Congressman Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Malphine and Anne Fogel with Congressman Evans (D-PA)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Congressman Gosar (R-AZ)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Senator Cruz (R-TX)
Malphine and Anne Fogel with Senator Cruz (R-TX)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Senator Van Hollen (D-MD)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Senator Daines (R-MT)
Malphine and Anne Fogel with Senator Daines (R-MT)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Senator Tester (D-MT)
Sam Fogel and Cy Burchenal with Congresswoman Kim (R-CA)
Malphine and Anne Fogel with Congressman Allred (D-TX)
Malphine Fogel with Congressman Self (R-TX)