Event Brief
Trump to ask Xi to free US seismologist’s wife says
By The BriefBrief · Sources (9)
Filed: Sep 23, 2026 at 8:21 AM ET
Summary: The wife of a US expert on North Korean nuclear tests, imprisoned in China since late 2024, said the White House assured her that President Donald Trump will ask Xi Jinping to free her husband when they meet this week. She spoke after her husband’s detention and the planned meeting was discussed.
WHO: Wife of the US seismologist
WHAT: Said the White House assured her Trump will ask Xi Jinping to free her husband when they meet this week
WHEN: Sep 23, 2026
WHERE: China
WHY: She said the White House assured her of Trump’s planned request to Xi regarding her husband’s release.
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