Trump should demand release of prisoners before Xi US visit

Congress made clear during the leader-level summit that securing the release of political prisoners was a shared, bipartisan priority. Both the House and Senate passed resolutions calling for the release of high-priority political prisoners, including Lai, Pastor Jin, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, and the Senate resolution included Uyghur tech expert Ekpar Asat. Congress’s unanimous vote in support of the president securing the release of political prisoners during the summit reflects the desire of the American people to see those unjustly detained across China freed. This, in fact, hands the president a mandate…