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- Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) called for the release of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, saying his trial was unfair.
- Garcia asserted Barghouti has been tortured in Israeli prison for over 20 years.
- Barghouti was convicted in 2002 and received five life sentences plus 40 years for planning attacks that killed five civilians.
- Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) was the first U.S. lawmaker to call for Barghouti’s release a week earlier.