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to washington. i'm rich edson in for bred baier. the defense is presenting its case in hunter biden's felony gun charges trial. the prosecution rested this morning. the big question this evening will the defendant take the stand when court resumes on monday. there is a new development in the criminal case against former president trump it. resulted in his conviction last week of 34 felony counts. it involves a social media post that may have foreshadowed that outcome. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight with the details. hello, david. >> david: rich, good eve...

Invasion of ukraine. by then, whelan had served two years of his 16-year prison sentence in russia. >> it seems like there is more that could be done. >> opportunity to bring him home and that didn't happen. >> bret: in 2020 negotiators were working on a prisoner swap. whelan for russian drug smuggler konstantin you're cheng co- >> what happened there. >> we took it to the white house there was no interest at the time. it's complicated. i bring donald trump wanted to bring paul whelan home he still talks about it and the rest of the americans being held. he didn't want to give anything in retu...

To, we look at the status of russia's imprisonment of americans including whelan and "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. >> you know, when we do our work, none of the deals that we bring together are fair or just. it gets criticized a lot. >> mickey bergmann has spent the last decade helping free americans overseas including russia. he worked on negotiations alongside former ambassador for the united nations bill richardson. he now directs global reach for richardson center for global entertainment. >> criticism on this the more you do the deals the more you incentivize taking mor...

Whelan and reed for you chen co-and merchant of death. >> we have to take in count counterpart might be playing us as well. >> hesitate tonight te'o want to make a deal including booth convict wanted of conspiracy to kill u.s. citizens. >> no one should ever think that he can plot to kill americans with impunity. >> bret: as the president biden prepared to meet with russian president vladimir putin for the 2021 geneva summit. bergmann and richardson suggested the white house bring up the possible prisoner swap. >> families of the detained americans came up and we discussed it. >> bergmann says...