ADADAfter his sentencing, Kassem wrote a letter to Trump begging him to intervene. ADIn their letter, Van Hollen and Leahy accuse Trump of emboldening Sissi’s crackdown on Americans and Egyptians. But at least six Americans and two U.S. permanent residents are “unjustly detained” in Egypt, according to the senators’ letter. I pressed him on what the reasons were, and he didn’t have any good answers,” Van Hollen said in a phone interview with The Post. “And he said he would look into it, but there was no follow-up.”“It’s pretty clear that President Sissi and the Egyptian regime believe they can get away with the detention and death of Americans,” Van Hollen added.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2020 15:12 UTC