He was found with "evidence that constitutes state secrets" when he was detained, his lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov told CNN before a pretrial hearing in Moscow. Paul Whelan (R) attends a pretrial hearing in Moscow on Tuesday. Whelan arrived in Russia on December 22 to attend a retired fellow Marine's wedding, his brother David Whelan told CNN. An unidentified source told Russian news site Rosbalt that Whelan was arrested in his hotel room with a flash drive containing classified information. This story has been corrected to reflect how much information was provided by investigators to Paul Whelan's legal team.

Source: CNN January 22, 2019 06:36 UTC