Thank the CIA director, not Harris, for Russia prisoner swap

Published August 2, 2024 2:11pm ET



It was unseemly that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris forced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to greet them before his mother as he returned home on Thursday. But that executive branch obstacle course did teach us something.

Namely, that Biden and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Harris are determined to squeeze as much political juice out of this prisoner swap as possible.

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