US President Donald Trump said during an interview that it took him “10 minutes” with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to secure the release of Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi. Hijazi had spent three years in prison before an Egyptian court proved her innocent and dropped all charges against her that included human trafficking, abduction, inciting homosexuality, among other charges. Trump bragged in an interview with the Washington Examiner that he was capable of securing Hijazi’s release after he had met with Al-Sisi. “As you know, President Obama tried to have Aya released for three and a half years. They were unsuccessful. I was with President Al-Sisi for 10 minutes. During that 10-minute session, I said it would be a great honor for this country and I think it would be a very positive step if Aya were released,” said Trump. “And he was so great. He not only released Aya, he released her husband, and he released eight people total, I thought it was fantastic,” Trump added. Trump proceeded that if it wasn’t for his mediation, Hijazi would have stayed in jail for 28 years. The US president said that Al-Sisi is a…
Trump Says It Took Him ’10 Minutes’ With Al-Sisi to Settle Hijazi’s Release
May 2, 2017
