President Donald Trump said on Monday that he asked Chinese dictator Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy Hong Kong media mogul who is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of “colluding with foreign forces” on Monday.
“I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it, and I asked to consider his release,” Trump commented to reporters about Lai’s sentencing.
“He’s an older man, and he’s not well. So I did put that request out. We’ll see what happens,” he said.
Trump did not specify when he made this request to Xi. Their last high-profile telephone conversation, which both leaders described as successful, was on November 24…
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