MSNBC: 30 Year Old Charity Worker and Husband Freed by Egypt After Trump Intervention

‘The Obama Administration was unable to secure their release’

BRZEZINSKI: “A 30-year-old U.S. citizen is reportedly back on American soil after being held for three years by the Egyptian government. According to 'The Washington Post,' the Trump Administration has been working for weeks with the government of President al-Sissi to free Aya Hijazi. Her husband was released as well. Their couple and their co-workers had been incarcerated since May of 2014 on child abuse and trafficking charges that were widely dismissed by human rights workers and U.S. officials as false. According to 'The Post,' virtually no evidence was ever presented against them. As their hearings were postponed and trial dates canceled, the Obama Administration was unable to secure their release.”

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