Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190103:03:47:00
Talking about and why this would be so important for the ambassador to go in, it's because this isn't a spy case. paul whelan is not a spy. just as maria butina is not actually a staff intelligence officer herself. she's simply somebody that is being used by the kremlin. i think the real reason that we have this poor american in prison, by the ware, where unspeakable things have happened and the best case scenario for him is if he gets out of there, he's only got the beginning case of tuberculosis, that's how bad russian prisons are. but he's not a spy, and maria butina is somebody who was doi...