; Whereas during the trial, the defense counsel presented 59 minutes of traffic camera video that showed the police car— (1) did not change direction or leave its lane; (2) did not swerve; and (3) did not stop or slow down; Whereas, on July 30, 2020, Golovinsky District Court Judge Arnout read a verdict that dismissed all defense evidence, witnesses, and government experts and included information from the investigator’s case files that were not discussed or read into the court files; Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in prison camp and was ordered to pay 100,000 rubles to each police officer for moral and physical injuries; Whereas Trevor Reed had already been detained in Russia for 1 year at the time of the judge’s verdict; and Whereas, the United States Ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, upon Trevor’s sentencing, stated that the prosecution’s case and the evidence presented against Mr. Reed were so preposterous that they provoked laughter in the courtroom , the conviction and sentence were ridiculous , and justice was not even considered : Now, therefore, be it