Accused US spy was misled, says lawyer

Updated January 22 2019 - 10:56pm, first published 10:51pm
Suspected spy Paul Whelan during a hearing of an appeal on his arrest in Moscow.
Suspected spy Paul Whelan during a hearing of an appeal on his arrest in Moscow.

The lawyer for a former US marine accused of spying by Russia says his client was misled before his arrest and believed that a thumb drive handed to him in a hotel room contained cultural rather than secret information.

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