Biden calls Russian jailing of US journalist 'totally illegal'

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Russia’s imprisonment of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charges “totally illegal” and told The Wall Street Journal reporter’s family he was working for a release.

“We’re making it real clear that it’s totally illegal what’s happening, and we declared it so. It changes the dynamic,” Biden, departing Washington for a trip to Northern Ireland and Ireland, told reporters.