'Infinite stupidity': Fury as Trump brags Russia would free WSJ reporter if he's elected

Donald Trump prompted furious backlash by claiming that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich would "be released almost immediately" by Russia if he won the November election.

The journalist was arrested in March 2023 on spying charges and has spent more than a year in a Moscow prison without a trial date scheduled, and the former president suggested that Russian president Vladimir Putin would release Gershkovich as a personal favor to him if he wins re-election.

"Evan Gershkovich...