CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 11:00 am

President Donald Trump on Oct. 24 indicated that he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping about the possible release of long-imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai, suggesting he may bring pressure on the communist country's leadership to allow Lai to walk free ahead of his likely conviction in a national security trial.

Asked by EWTN News White House Correspondent Owen Jensen if he planned to speak with Xi on the topic of Lai, Trump — who was boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland — responded: “I might do that, yeah.”

Earlier in the day a bipartisan group of senators, including Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, published an open letter urging Trump to use his meeting with Xi to advocate for Lai’s release. Trump on Friday acknowledged th

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