在夏天最热的一天，乔伊·里德独自站在白宫外面，手里拿着一块牌子，上面写着他儿子的照片用粗体字写着:“释放特雷弗·里德。”
“前美国海军陆战队总统卫队被俄罗斯错误地囚禁了将近2年!无辜&被俄罗斯用作讨价还价的筹码，”标牌上的信息继续写道。“总统先生，我们的儿子保护了你。请带他回家。请见我。”
这份认罪书写在他儿子穿军装的照片旁边，包括两张他和前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的合影。
碧翠丝·彼得森/美国广播公司新闻
乔伊·里德是前海军陆战队员特雷弗·里德的父亲，自2019年以来一直被拘留在俄罗斯.
美国官员说，这位海军陆战队老兵，已经被关押了近两年俄罗斯美国官员称这些指控是努力编造的利用他作为两国交换囚犯的筹码。
乔伊·里德周二告诉美国广播公司新闻，他希望更多的美国人知道他的儿子是被关押在那里的两名前美国海军陆战队队员之一。
里德老人已经会见了几位白宫官员，他说他希望会见乔·拜登总统，但在此之前，他计划站在宾夕法尼亚大道1600号外面。
“我们真的很惊讶，有这么多美国人不知道我们的儿子发生了什么，”他说。
他补充说，他“只是想呆在这里，然后也只是想引起总统的注意，他已经为我们的儿子做了很好的工作。”
马克西姆·谢梅托夫/路透社，档案
前海军陆战队员特雷弗·里德于2019年被拘留，并被指控袭击警察..
特雷弗的传奇始于莫斯科2019年8月，年轻的里德在城里看望女友，学习俄语时，在一次醉酒聚会后被带到警察局醒酒。据他父亲说，他后来会被俄罗斯联邦安全局情报部门的特工审问，并突然被指控袭警。
在拜登6月份与俄罗斯总统普京的会晤中，总统谈到了里德和另一名海军老兵保罗·惠兰也在俄罗斯被关押了两年。克里姆林宫在6月会议期间暗示，它可能准备讨论释放他们的协议。
在周二对美国广播公司新闻的回应中，白宫发言人说，“总统在日内瓦直接向普京总统提出了特雷弗·里德的案件。他非常清楚需要解决他和其他案件，并确保他获得自由。”
声明继续说:“美国海外公民的福利和安全是美国政府的最高优先事项之一。“我们将继续代表他说话，直到俄罗斯做了正确的事情，让他回到美国的家人身边。特雷弗被剥夺自由的时间太长了。我们继续就此案与俄罗斯接触，也与其他被错误关押在俄罗斯的美国公民接触。”
凯文·拉马克/路透社
乔·拜登总统和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京在抵达美国时握手
德克萨斯州人乔伊·里德(Joey Reed)周二告诉美国广播公司新闻，他的生活围绕着释放他30岁的儿子展开，他跟随父亲的脚步成为了一名精英海军陆战队员。他甚至背井离乡，搬到俄罗斯生活了14个月，试图解放自己。
他说，拜登和普京会晤后，他“充满希望”，但他希望其他美国人知道，他的儿子“是无辜的，他没有做他们说他在做的任何事情。”
他补充说，特雷弗“因在没有人受伤的情况下袭击警察而被判了俄罗斯现代史上最长的刑期，也是表明他什么都没做的唯一证据”。
他说，今年早些时候，他与拜登的几名官员就他的儿子进行了近两个小时的交谈，其中包括国务卿安东尼·布林肯(Antony Blinken)。里德说，他每周都会收到国务院的最新消息，“他们会尽力让我们了解情况，看看我们是否需要什么。他们告诉我们他们做什么。”
克莱门斯·比兰/通过盖蒂图像池
2021年6月23日，美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在柏林的新闻发布会上发表讲话。
里德说，俄罗斯是一个美丽的国家，然而，他警告其他想去俄罗斯旅行的美国人要三思。
“如果我们没有这个问题，他们的政府和/或他们的执法部门，你知道我会，我会告诉每个人去那里，但我建议相反。任何美国人都不应该去那里，”他说。
过去的两年很艰难——他说他的妻子有哭泣的症状，“有时我会崩溃。”
“我看了一部电影或与我儿子经历的事情有关的东西，它一下子就击中了要害。”
然而，他也表示，他每天都有时间，并充满希望，因为他知道，“不会立即发生任何事情，但你知道拜登总统有希望。”
Trevor Reed's dad protests outside White House, says he's 'hopeful' for his son's release after Biden-Putin summit
On one of the hottest days of the summer, Joey Reed stood alone outside of the White House, holding a sign with apicture of his sonthat said in bold type: "Free Trevor Reed."
"Former U.S. Marine Presidential Guard wrongfully imprisoned by Russia for almost 2 years! Innocent & being used as a bargaining chip by Russia," the message on the sign continued. "Mr. President, our son protected you. Please bring him home. Please meet with me."
The plea was written next to images of his son in uniform, including two taken of him with former President Barack Obama.
U.S. officials said the Marine veteran, has been held for nearly two years inRussiaon charges that U.S. officials said werefabricated in an effortto use him as bargaining chips in a potential prisoner swap between the two countries.
Joey Reed told ABC News on Tuesday that he hopes that more Americans learn that his son is one of two former U.S. Marines being held there.
The elder Reed, who has met with several White House officials, said that he hopes to meet with President Joe Biden but until then he plans on standing outside of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
"We're really surprised at how many Americans don't know what's happening with our son," he said.
He added, that he "just wanted to be here and then also just raise attention with the president who's already doing a great job for our son."
Trevor'ssaga started in Moscowin August 2019, the younger Reed, while visiting his girlfriend in the city, and studying Russian, was taken to a police station to sober up after a drunken party. He would later be questioned by agents from Russia's FSB intelligence service, and suddenly charged with assaulting an officer according to his father.
During Biden's June meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president spoke about Reed andanother Marine veteran, Paul Whelan, who has also been held in Russia for two years. The Kremlin during the June meeting signaled it might be prepared to discuss a deal for their release.
In response to ABC News on Tuesday, a White House spokesperson said, "The president raised the case of Trevor Reed directly to President Putin in Geneva. He was very clear about the need to resolve his and other cases and see him freed."
"The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the U.S government," the statement continued. "We will continue to speak on his behalf until Russia does the right thing and returns him to his family in the United States. Trevor has been deprived of his freedom for far too long. We continue to engage with Russia on this case, as well as other U.S. citizens wrongfully imprisoned in Russia."
Joey Reed, a Texas native told ABC News on Tuesday, that his life revolves around freeing his 30-year-old son, who followed in his father's footsteps to become an elite Marine. He even uprooted his life to move to Russia for 14 months in an effort to free him.
He said after the meeting between Biden and Putin he was "hopeful," but he wants other Americans to know that his son is "innocent and he didn't do any of the things that they say he was doing."
Trevor "received the longest sentence in modern Russian history for assaulting police officers when no one was hurt, and the only evidence that shows that he didn't do anything," he added.
He said he's spoken to several Biden officials about his son, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, earlier in the year for nearly two hours. Reed said he gets weekly updates from the State Department and that "they try and keep us informed and find out if there's anything we need. And they tell us what they do."
Reed said Russia is a beautiful country however, he's warning other Americans thinking of traveling to Russia to think again.
"If we didn't have this problem with their -- with their government and or their law enforcement, you know I would -- I would tell everyone to go there, but I recommend the opposite. No American should go there," he said.
The past two years have been hard -- he said his wife has crying spells and "sometimes I break down."
"I see a movie or something related to what my son's going through it hits home all of a sudden."
However, he also said he takes each day at a time and is hopeful because he knows, "nothing's gonna happen immediately, but you know there's hope on the horizon with President Biden."
