Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the underground Zion Church in China was released weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump raised his case during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Jin and 17 other church leaders were detained in October during a government crackdown, but his family and advocates attribute his release to direct intervention by Xi. At least eight other Zion Church members remain detained.